Where does “dantelură” come from?
dantelură (Romanian) comes from French dentelure, 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.
dantelură (Romanian): serration
Definitions
- serration
Ancestry of “dantelură”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dentelure | serration (of leaf); perforation (of stamp) |
| 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 |