distopalatal

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adjective

Distal and palatal.

OriginEnglish palatal ← Middle English palate ← Old French palat →
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Meanings

adjectivedistopalatal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyDistal and palatal.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*staējō
  9. Proto-Italic*staēō
  10. Latinstō
  11. Latindistō
  12. Latindistāns
  13. Old Frenchdistant
  14. Middle Englishdistaunt
  15. Englishdistant
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Englishdistalbf.
  19. Englishdisto-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  21. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  22. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
  23. Latinpalātum
  24. Old Frenchpalat
  25. Middle Englishpalate
  26. Englishpalate
  27. Englishpalatal
  28. Englishdistopalatal

From disto- + palatal.

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APA

distopalatal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distopalatal

MLA

“distopalatal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distopalatal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distopalatal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distopalatal.

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