Where does “microdenticulate” come from?
microdenticulate (English) comes from English denticulate, from Latin denticulatus, from Latin denticulus, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts — to eat.
microdenticulate (English): microscopically denticulate
Definitions
- microscopically denticulate
Ancestry of “microdenticulate”, step by step
microdenticulate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English denticulate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | denticulate | Finely dentate, as a leaf edge; bearing many... |
| 2 | Latin | denticulatus | denticulate; furnished with small teeth |
| 3 | Latin | denticulus | a little tooth |
| 4 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 5 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 6 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |