Where does “dentuço” come from?

dentuço (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dente, from Old Portuguese dente, from Latin dēns — a tooth.

dentuço (Portuguese): bucktoothed having buckteeth

Definitions

  1. bucktoothed having buckteeth

Ancestry of “dentuço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedentetooth; tooth; prong; tine; clove
2Old Portuguesedente—
3Latindēnsa tooth
Every word from Latin dēns →Every word from Old Portuguese dente →Every word from Portuguese dente →
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