Where does “dens” come from?
Dens comes from Latin dens, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root h₁ed- meaning to eat.
dens (English): plural of den; The strong odontoid process of the...
Definitions
- plural of den; The strong odontoid process of the...
Ancestry of “dens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | dēns | — |
| 2 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 3 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |