English
femorodistal
From femoro- + distal.
A compound of femoro- + distant + -al + distal
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti ‘to stand’
Proto-Italic *staējō
Proto-Italic *staēō ‘to stand’
Latin stō ‘to stand’
Latin distō ‘to stand apart’
Latin distāns ‘standing apart’
Old French distant
Middle English distaunt
English distant
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti ‘to stand’
Proto-Italic *staējō
Proto-Italic *staēō ‘to stand’
Latin stō ‘to stand’
Latin distō ‘to stand apart’
Latin distāns ‘standing apart’
Old French distant
Middle English distaunt
English distant
English distal
Today it means
adj distal to the thigh (or to the femur)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / femorodistal