Etymology

interdistal

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Today it means: Between distal points. Full definition →

English distal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English distaunt
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  10. Proto-Italic*dis-
  11. Latindis-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  14. Proto-Italic*staējō
  15. Proto-Italic*staēō
  16. Latinstō
  17. Latindistō
  18. Latindistāns
  19. Old Frenchdistant
  20. Middle Englishdistaunt
  21. Englishdistant
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Englishdistal
  25. English todayinterdistal

From inter- + distal.

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