Where does “dentier” come from?

dentier (French) comes from French dent, 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 — to eat.

dentier (French): denture

Definitions

  1. denture

Ancestry of “dentier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdenttooth; cog
2Middle Frenchdenttooth
3Old Frenchdenttooth
4Latindēnsa tooth
5Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
6Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
7Proto-Italicdentstooth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃dóntsEvery word from Proto-Italic dents
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