Etymology

supradental

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Today it means: Above the teeth Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Proto-Italic*superos
  5. Proto-Italic*superād
  6. Old Latinsuprād
  7. Latinsuprā
  8. Latinsupra-
  9. Englishsupra-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  12. Proto-Italic*dents
  13. Latindēns
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Medieval Latindentālis
  17. Middle Frenchdenta
  18. Late Latindentālis
  19. Englishdental
  20. English todaysupradental

From supra- + dental.

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