Where does “dentelle” come from?

dentelle (English) comes from French dentelle, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents — to eat.

dentelle (English): An ornamental tooling like lace

Definitions

  1. An ornamental tooling like lace

Ancestry of “dentelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdentellelace
2Frenchdenttooth; cog
3Middle Frenchdenttooth
4Old Frenchdenttooth
5Latindēnsa tooth
6Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
7Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
8Proto-Italicdentstooth
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts →Every word from Proto-Italic dents →