Etymology

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Today it means: That counters a dental condition Full definition →

English dental ← Late Latin dentālis ← Middle French denta
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  9. Proto-Italic*dents
  10. Latindēns
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Medieval Latindentālis
  14. Middle Frenchdenta
  15. Late Latindentālis
  16. Englishdental
  17. English todayantidental

From anti- + dental.

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