Etymology

buccal

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Today it means: Of, relating to, near, involving, or supplying the cheek. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin bucca
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The story

  1. Latinbucca
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. English todaybuccal

From Latin bucca (“the cheek”) + -al. By surface analysis, bucc- + -al.

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