distopalatal

The story

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*pleth₂-?
21. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
22. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
23. Latinpalātum
24. Old Frenchpalat
25. Middle Englishpalate
26. Englishpalate
27. Englishpalatal
28. English todaydistopalatal

From disto- + palatal.