Etymology

exodontics

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Today it means: the extraction of teeth Full definition →

English odonto- ← Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús) ← Proto-Hellenic *odónts
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinex
  4. Latinex-
  5. Middle Frenchex-
  6. Middle Englishex-
  7. Englishex-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  10. Proto-Hellenic*odónts
  11. Ancient Greekὀδούς (odoús)
  12. Englishodonto-
  13. English todayexodontics

From ex- + odonto- + -ics.

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