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

  1. dentist

Ancestry of “dentisto”, step by step

dentisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto dentisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantodentistodentist
2Esperantodentotooth
3Latindēnsa tooth
4Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
5Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
6Proto-Italicdentstooth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Ido dento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idodentotooth; barb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃dóntsEvery word from Proto-Italic dents