Where does “dense” come from?
dense (Italian) comes from Italian denso, from Latin dēnsus, from Proto-Indo-European dens- — to teach; thick, dense.
dense (Italian): feminine plural of denso
Ancestry of “dense”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | denso | dense, thick |
| 2 | Latin | dēnsus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dens- | to teach; thick, dense |