Where does “dentelure” come from?
dentelure (French) comes from French dentelle, 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.
dentelure (French): serration ; perforation; jagged outline;...
Definitions
- serration ; perforation; jagged outline;...
Ancestry of “dentelure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | dentelle | lace |
| 2 | French | dent | tooth; cog |
| 3 | Middle French | dent | tooth |
| 4 | Old French | dent | tooth |
| 5 | Latin | dēns | — |
| 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 |