Where does “homodonty” come from?
homodonty (English) comes from English homodont, from Hungarian hom-, from Ancient Greek ὁμός, from Ancient Greek φύλον, from Ancient Greek φιλία, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμονία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
homodonty (English): The condition of having teeth all of the same type
Definitions
- The condition of having teeth all of the same type
Ancestry of “homodonty”, step by step
homodonty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English homodont
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | homodont | Having teeth that are all of the same type; Any... |
| 2 | Hungarian | hom- | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὁμός | same, common, joint |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φύλον | a set of people or other beings |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φιλία | friendship, love, affection, fondness;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἁρμονία | Harmonia |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |