Where does “amelodentinal” come from?
amelodentinal (English) comes from English dentinal, from English dentin, from French dentine, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente — to eat.
amelodentinal (English): Relating to the enamel and dentin
Definitions
- Relating to the enamel and dentin
Ancestry of “amelodentinal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dentinal | Of or relating to dentin/dentine |
| 2 | English | dentin | The hard, dense calcareous material that makes up... |
| 3 | French | dentine | dentin |
| 4 | French | dent | tooth; cog |
| 5 | Middle French | dent | tooth |
| 6 | Old French | dent | tooth |
| 7 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 8 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 9 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |