Where does “dentinoma” come from?
dentinoma (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.
dentinoma (English): An odontogenic tumor composed of dysplastic dentin and strands of epithelium within a fibrous stroma
Definitions
- An odontogenic tumor composed of dysplastic dentin and strands of epithelium within a fibrous stroma
Ancestry of “dentinoma”, step by step
dentinoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dentin
| 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 |