Etymology

postdental

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Today it means: Produced by placing the tip of the tongue at the back of the upper front teeth Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  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 todaypostdental

From post- + dental.

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