Where does “dantelă” come from?
dantelă (Romanian) comes from French dentelle, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents — to eat.
dantelă (Romanian): lace
Definitions
- lace
Ancestry of “dantelă”, step by step
dantelă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French dentelle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dentelle | lace |
| 2 | French | dent | tooth; cog |
| 3 | Middle French | dent | tooth |
| 4 | Old French | dent | tooth |
| 5 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 6 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 7 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
via French denteler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | denteler | to indent, to notch, to jag |