The story
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
- Proto-Hellenic*métsos
- Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
- Englishmesio-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*staējō
- Proto-Italic*staēō
- Latinstō
- Latindistō
- Latindistāns
- Old Frenchdistant
- Middle Englishdistaunt
- Englishdistant
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishdistal
- Englishmesiodistal
- English todaymesiodistally
From mesiodistal + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.