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Where does “anterodistally” come from?

anterodistally (English) comes from English anterodistal, from English distal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل.

anterodistally (English): In an anterodistal direction

Definitions

  1. In an anterodistal direction

Ancestry of “anterodistally”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanterodistalSituated at the front and away from the body
2EnglishdistalRemote from the point of attachment or origin;...
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—
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