Where does “dantură” come from?

dantură (Romanian) comes from French denture, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

dantură (Romanian): denture, set of teeth

Definitions

  1. denture, set of teeth

Ancestry of “dantură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdentureset of teeth
2Latindēnsa tooth
3Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
4Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
5Proto-Italicdentstooth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “dantură”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →