Where does “dentine” come from?

dentine (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.

dentine (French): dentin

Definitions

  1. dentin

Ancestry of “dentine”, 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

Words derived from “dentine

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed-