Where does “teledentistry” come from?
teledentistry (English) comes from English dentistry, from English dentist, from French dentiste, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente — to eat.
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Ancestry of “teledentistry”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dentistry | The field of medicine concerned with the study,... |
| 2 | English | dentist | A medical doctor who specializes in dentistry |
| 3 | French | dentiste | dentist |
| 4 | French | dent | tooth; cog |
| 5 | Middle French | dent | tooth |
| 6 | Old French | dent | tooth |
| 7 | Latin | dēns | — |
| 8 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 9 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |