Etymology

dentalize

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Today it means: To make (a speech sound) dental. Full definition →

English dental ← Late Latin dentālis ← Middle French denta
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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. Englishdental
  11. English todaydentalize

From dental + -ize.

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