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Where does “anterobuccally” come from?

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

anterobuccally (English): In an anterobuccal direction

Definitions

  1. In an anterobuccal direction

Ancestry of “anterobuccally”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishanterobuccalanterior and buccal
2EnglishbuccalOf or relating to the cheek or, more rarely, the...
3English-ál—
4Middle English-al—
5Old French-alsuffix used to form adjectives from nouns
6Latin-ālis—
7Proto-Italic-ālis—
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