Where does “redan” come from?
redan (French) comes from French redent, 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.
redan (French): Alternative form of redent
Definitions
- Alternative form of redent
Ancestry of “redan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | redent | recess, indentation, shelf, projection; redan |
| 2 | French | dent | tooth; cog |
| 3 | Middle French | dent | tooth |
| 4 | Old French | dent | tooth |
| 5 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 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 |