Where does “dentinally” come from?
dentinally (English) comes from English dentinal, from English dentin, from French dentine, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente — to eat.
dentinally (English): In terms of dentin/dentine
Definitions
- In terms of dentin/dentine
Ancestry of “dentinally”, step by step
dentinally traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dentinal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dentinal | Of or relating to dentin/dentine |
| 2 | English | dentin | The hard, dense calcareous material that makes up... |
| 3 | French | dentine | dentin |
| 4 | French | dent | tooth; cog |
| 5 | Middle French | dent | tooth |
| 6 | Old French | dent | tooth |
| 7 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 8 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 9 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |