Where does “endenteure” come from?
endenteure (Old French) comes from Old French endenter, 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.
Ancestry of “endenteure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | endenter | to provide with teeth |
| 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 |
Words derived from “endenteure”