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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.

teledentistry (English): The use of information technology and...

Definitions

  1. The use of information technology and...

Ancestry of “teledentistry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdentistryThe field of medicine concerned with the study,...
2EnglishdentistA medical doctor who specializes in dentistry
3Frenchdentistedentist
4Frenchdenttooth; cog
5Middle Frenchdenttooth
6Old Frenchdenttooth
7Latindēns—
8Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
9Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
10Proto-Italicdentstooth
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →