Where does “dent” come from?

dent (French) comes from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

dent (French): tooth; cog

Definitions

  1. tooth; cog

Ancestry of “dent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchdenttooth
2Old Frenchdenttooth
3Latindēnsa tooth
4Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
5Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
6Proto-Italicdentstooth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “dent”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →