The story
- Latin · derived fromdens
- Middle English · inherited fromdogge tothe
- English todaydogtooth
From Middle English dogge tothe, calque of Latin dens caninus (“doglike tooth”). Equivalent to dog + tooth.
Words from the same roots
Latindens all →
dentindentdensdentinpremolarcanine toothdancettedentexdenti-dentiferousdentiformdentilavedentiphonedentizedento-dentoidmesiodens
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.