Where does “dantelărie” come from?
dantelărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian dantelă, from French dentelle, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens — to eat.
dantelărie (Romanian): lacing
Definitions
- lacing
Ancestry of “dantelărie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | dantelă | lace |
| 2 | French | dentelle | lace |
| 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 |