Where does “tridentum” come from?
tridentum (Latin) comes from Latin tridēns, 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.
tridentum (Latin): genitive plural of tridēns
Definitions
- genitive plural of tridēns
Ancestry of “tridentum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tridēns | — |
| 2 | Latin | dēns | — |
| 3 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 4 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |