Where does “edental” come from?
edental (English) comes from Romanian edenta, from French édenter, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens — to eat.
edental (English): Synonym of edentate
Definitions
- Synonym of edentate
Ancestry of “edental”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | edenta | to remove teeth of a cog |
| 2 | French | édenter | to remove teeth |
| 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 |