dent

dent · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*duntiz“a blow”
2. Old English · inherited fromdynt“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”
3. Middle English · inherited fromdent
4. English todaydent

From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint.

dent · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromdēns
2. French · borrowed fromdent
3. English todaydent

From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”). Doublet of dens and tooth.

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