Where does “dentystka” come from?
dentystka (Polish) comes from Polish dentysta, from French dentiste, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens — to eat.
Ancestry of “dentystka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | dentysta | dentist |
| 2 | French | dentiste | dentist |
| 3 | French | dent | tooth; cog |
| 4 | Middle French | dent | tooth |
| 5 | Old French | dent | tooth |
| 6 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 7 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 8 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |