Etymology

nondistal

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Today it means: Not distal. Full definition →

English distal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English distaunt
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  15. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  16. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  17. Proto-Italic*dis-
  18. Latindis-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  21. Proto-Italic*staējō
  22. Proto-Italic*staēō
  23. Latinstō
  24. Latindistō
  25. Latindistāns
  26. Old Frenchdistant
  27. Middle Englishdistaunt
  28. Englishdistant
  29. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  30. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  31. Englishdistal
  32. English todaynondistal

From non- + distal.

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