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Where does “distobuccal” come from?

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

distobuccal (English): Of, pertaining to or connecting the distal and...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to or connecting the distal and...

Ancestry of “distobuccal”, 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 “distobuccal”

  • distobuccally
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