Where does “dentifrice” come from?

dentifrice (French) comes from Latin dentifricium, 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.

dentifrice (French): toothpaste

Definitions

  1. toothpaste

Ancestry of “dentifrice”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dentifrice”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts →Every word from Proto-Italic dents →