Where does “dentisto” come from?
dentisto (Ido) comes from Esperanto dentisto, from Esperanto dento, 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.
dentisto (Ido): dentist
Definitions
- dentist
Ancestry of “dentisto”, step by step
dentisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto dentisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | dentisto | dentist |
| 2 | Esperanto | dento | tooth |
| 3 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 4 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 5 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
via Ido dento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | dento | tooth; barb |