Etymology

apicodistal

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Today it means: Apical and distal. Full definition →

English distal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English distaunt
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  2. Proto-Italic*apeks
  3. Latinapex
  4. Englishapico-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  8. Proto-Italic*dis-
  9. Latindis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  12. Proto-Italic*staējō
  13. Proto-Italic*staēō
  14. Latinstō
  15. Latindistō
  16. Latindistāns
  17. Old Frenchdistant
  18. Middle Englishdistaunt
  19. Englishdistant
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  22. Englishdistal
  23. English todayapicodistal

From apico- + distal.

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