Where does “denticollis” come from?
denticollis (Latin) comes 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.
denticollis (Latin): having a toothed neck or stem
Definitions
- having a toothed neck or stem
Ancestry of “denticollis”, step by step
denticollis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin dēns
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 2 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 3 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
via Latin collum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 2 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 3 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |