Where does “デンタルフロス” come from?
デンタルフロス (Japanese) comes from English dental floss, from English dental, from Middle French dental, from Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents — to eat.
デンタルフロス (Japanese): dental floss
Definitions
- dental floss
Ancestry of “デンタルフロス”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dental floss | A cord of thin filaments used to clean the areas... |
| 2 | English | dental | Of or concerning the teeth, as in "dental care";... |
| 3 | Middle French | dental | — |
| 4 | Latin | dentālis | bearing or furnished with small toothlike projections |
| 5 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 6 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 7 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |