Etymology

postdiscal

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Today it means: Relating to an area of an insect's wing or elytron beyond the discal part Full definition →

English discal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French disque
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Ancient Greekδίσκος (dískos)
  8. Latindiscu
  9. Frenchdisque
  10. Englishdisc
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Englishdiscal
  14. English todaypostdiscal

From post- + discal.

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