Etymology

paradental

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Today it means: Of or relating to a family of inflammatory odontogenic cysts that typically appear in relation to crown or root of partially erupted molars. Full definition →

English dental ← Late Latin dentālis ← Middle French denta
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pərai
  4. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ- (pără-)
  6. Englishpara-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  9. Proto-Italic*dents
  10. Latindēns
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Medieval Latindentālis
  14. Middle Frenchdenta
  15. Late Latindentālis
  16. Englishdental
  17. English todayparadental

From para- + dental.

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