Etymology

dental

D2E1N1T1A1L1

Today it means: Of or concerning the teeth. Full definition →

Late Latin dentālis ← Middle French denta ← Medieval Latin dentālis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  3. Proto-Italic*dents
  4. Latindēns
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Medieval Latindentālis
  8. Middle Frenchdenta
  9. Late Latindentālis
  10. English todaydental

Borrowed from Middle French dental or Late Latin dentālis, from dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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