Where does “dentina” come from?

dentina (Italian) comes from French dentine, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents — to eat.

dentina (Italian): dentin

Definitions

  1. dentin

Ancestry of “dentina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdentinedentin
2Frenchdenttooth; cog
3Middle Frenchdenttooth
4Old Frenchdenttooth
5Latindēnsa tooth
6Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
7Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
8Proto-Italicdentstooth
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed-