Where does “dentifrici” come from?

dentifrici (Ido) comes from Ido dentifrico, from English dentifrice, from Middle English dentifricie, from Latin dentifricium, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents — to eat.

dentifrici (Ido): plural of dentifrico

Definitions

  1. plural of dentifrico

Ancestry of “dentifrici”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idodentifricodentifrice, toothpaste or any other substance for...
2EnglishdentifriceToothpaste or any other substance, such as...
3Middle Englishdentifricie
4Latindentifriciumtooth powder, toothpaste
5Latindēnsa tooth
6Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
7Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
8Proto-Italicdentstooth
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃dóntsEvery word from Proto-Italic dents