Where does “dentex” come from?

dentex (English) comes from Translingual Dentex, from Latin dentex, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

dentex (English): Any member of the genus Dentex of perciform fish

Definitions

  1. Any member of the genus Dentex of perciform fish

Ancestry of “dentex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualDentexgenus
2Latindentexa kind of bream
3Latindēnsa tooth
4Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
5Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
6Proto-Italicdentstooth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts →Every word from Proto-Italic dents →