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