The story
- Latin · derived fromdens“tooth”
- French · derived fromdentine
- English todaydentin
From French dentine, from Latin dens (“tooth”) + English chemical suffix -in / -ine.
Words from the same roots
Latindens all →
dentindentdenspremolardogtoothcanine toothdancettedentexdenti-dentiferousdentiformdentilavedentiphonedentizedento-dentoidmesiodens
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.