Etymology

distomedially

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Today it means: In a distomedial direction. Full definition →

English distomedial ← Latin mediālis ← Proto-Italic *meðios
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*staējō
  9. Proto-Italic*staēō
  10. Latinstō
  11. Latindistō
  12. Latindistāns
  13. Old Frenchdistant
  14. Middle Englishdistaunt
  15. Englishdistant
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Englishdistalbf.
  19. Englishdisto-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*me
  21. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  22. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  23. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  24. Proto-Italic*meðios
  25. Latinmedius
  26. Latinmediālis
  27. Englishmedial
  28. Englishdistomedial
  29. English todaydistomedially

From distomedial + -ly.

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