Etymology

posterodistal

P3O1S1T1E1R1O1D2I1S1T1A1L1

Today it means: away from, and behind (the main part) Full definition →

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

From postero- + distal.

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