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Where does “odontogenic” come from?

Odontogenic comes from Ancient Greek ὀδούς (tooth) combined with the English suffix -genic, which derives from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- (to produce or beget).

odontogenic (English): Of or pertaining to the formation and development...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the formation and development...

Ancestry of “odontogenic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgenicof, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “odontogenic”

  • nonodontogenic
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