Where does “anticaries” come from?
anticaries (English) comes from English caries, from Latin cariēs, from Latin careō, from Proto-Italic kazēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
anticaries (English): Preventing or countering caries
Definitions
- Preventing or countering caries
Ancestry of “anticaries”, step by step
anticaries traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English caries
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caries | The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by... |
| 2 | Latin | cariēs | decay, rot, rottenness, corruption |
| 3 | Latin | careō | to lack, be without. (usually with ablative), to be deprived of |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kazēō | to lack |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |