The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀδούς“tooth”
- English today-odontia
Formed from the suffixation of ὀδόντ- (odónt-), the stem of the Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”), with the English suffix -ia; compare the Latin -odontia and the French -odontie.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὀδούς all →
periodontiumdontopedalogyheterodont-odontodonto-odontogeny
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.