The story
- Latin · derived fromdentifricium“powder for rubbing the teeth”
- Middle English · inherited fromdentifricie
- English todaydentifrice
From Middle English dentifricie, from Latin dentifricium (“powder for rubbing the teeth”), from dens (“tooth”) + fricāre (“to rub”). Compare French dentifrice.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.