Etymology

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Today it means: Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English mesial
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  1. Englishmesial
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todaymesially

From mesial + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.