Where does “dentifrici” come from?
dentifrici (Italian) comes from Italian dentifricio, from Latin dentifricium, 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.
dentifrici (Italian): plural of dentifricio
Ancestry of “dentifrici”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | dentifricio | tooth; toothpaste, dentifrice |
| 2 | Latin | dentifricium | tooth powder, toothpaste |
| 3 | Latin | dēns | — |
| 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 |