Etymology

apicodental

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Today it means: Made with the apex of the tongue touching the upper front of the teeth, as in apicodental stop. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  2. Proto-Italic*apeks
  3. Latinapex
  4. Englishapico-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  7. Proto-Italic*dents
  8. Latindēns
  9. Medieval Latindentālis
  10. Middle Frenchdenta
  11. Late Latindentālis
  12. Englishdental
  13. English todayapicodental

From apico- + dental.

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