The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφωνή“sound”
- Latin · derived fromdens
- English todaydentiphone
From Latin dens, dentis (“tooth”) + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
Words from the same roots
Latindens all →
dentindentdensdentinpremolardogtoothcanine toothdancettedentexdenti-dentiferousdentiformdentilavedentizedento-dentoidmesiodens
Ancient Greekφωνή all →
telephonesaxophonefrancophonephononphonationapophony-phone-phonicphono-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.