Where does “dentistess” come from?
dentistess (English) comes from English dentist, from French dentiste, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens — to eat.
dentistess (English): A female dentist
Definitions
- A female dentist
Ancestry of “dentistess”, step by step
dentistess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dentist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dentist | A medical doctor who specializes in dentistry |
| 2 | French | dentiste | dentist |
| 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 |