Etymology

subdistal

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Today it means: ventral and distal Full definition →

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

From sub- + distal.

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