Etymology

toothed

T1O1O1T1H4E1D2

Today it means: Having teeth. Full definition →

English tooth ← Middle English toth ← Old English tōþ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  3. Proto-Germanic*tanþs
  4. Proto-West Germanic*tanþ
  5. Old Englishtōþ
  6. Middle Englishtoth
  7. Englishtooth
  8. English todaytoothed

From tooth + -ed.

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