Meaning

adjective situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone

adjective directed away from the midline or mesial plane of the body

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staēōder. Latin stō Latin distō Latin distānsder. Old French distantbor. Middle English distaunt English distant Proto-Indo-European…

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