Etymology

ectodistal

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Today it means: outside and distal Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰs
  3. Proto-Hellenic*eks
  4. Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éntos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*entós
  8. Ancient Greekἐντός (entós)
  9. Ancient Greekἐκτός (ektós)
  10. Englishecto-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  12. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  13. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  14. Proto-Italic*dis-
  15. Latindis-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  18. Proto-Italic*staējō
  19. Proto-Italic*staēō
  20. Latinstō
  21. Latindistō
  22. Latindistāns
  23. Old Frenchdistant
  24. Middle Englishdistaunt
  25. Englishdistant
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  28. Englishdistal
  29. English todayectodistal

From ecto- + distal.

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