The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπερί“around”
- English todayperiodontal
From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “a tooth”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπερί all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.