Etymology

buccodistal

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Today it means: Relating the angle between the buccal and distal wall of a cavity or surface of a tooth Full definition →

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

From bucco- + distal.

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