Where does “denticulate” come from?
denticulate (Latin) comes from Latin denticulatus, from Latin denticulus, 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.
denticulate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of denticulātus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of denticulātus
Ancestry of “denticulate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | denticulatus | denticulate; furnished with small teeth |
| 2 | Latin | denticulus | a little tooth |
| 3 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 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 |