Where does “dens” come from?

dens (Latin) comes from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

dens (Latin): a tooth

Definitions

  1. a tooth

Ancestry of “dens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
2Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
3Proto-Italicdentstooth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “dens”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →