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Where does “anterobuccal” come from?

anterobuccal (English) comes from English buccal, from English -ál, from Middle English -al, from Old French -al, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

anterobuccal (English): anterior and buccal

Definitions

  1. anterior and buccal

Ancestry of “anterobuccal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbuccalOf or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the...
2English-ál—
3Middle English-al—
4Old French-alsuffix used to form adjectives from nouns
5Latin-ālis—
6Proto-Italic-ālis—

Words derived from “anterobuccal”

  • anterobuccally
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