Where does “dentice” come from?

dentice (Italian) comes from Latin dentex, 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.

dentice (Italian): sea bream, porgy, scup; dentex

Definitions

  1. sea bream, porgy, scup; dentex

Ancestry of “dentice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindentexa kind of bream
2Latindēnsa tooth
3Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
4Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
5Proto-Italicdentstooth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts →Every word from Proto-Italic dents →