Where does “Dentalfluorose” come from?

Dentalfluorose (German) comes from German dental, from Medieval Latin dentalis, 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.

Dentalfluorose (German): dental fluorosis

Definitions

  1. dental fluorosis

Ancestry of “Dentalfluorose”, step by step

Dentalfluorose traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German dental

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandentaldental
2Medieval Latindentalisbearing or furnished with small toothlike...
3Latindēnsa tooth
4Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
5Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
6Proto-Italicdentstooth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via German Fluorose

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFluorosefluorosis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃dóntsEvery word from Proto-Italic dents