Where does “undent” come from?
undent (English) comes from English dent, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents — to eat.
undent (English): To remove a dent from
Definitions
- To remove a dent from
Ancestry of “undent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dent | A shallow deformation in the surface of an... |
| 2 | French | dent | tooth; cog |
| 3 | Middle French | dent | tooth |
| 4 | Old French | dent | tooth |
| 5 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 6 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 7 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |