Where does “dens” come from?
dens (Romanian) comes from French dense, from Latin dēnsus, from Proto-Indo-European dens- — to teach; thick, dense.
dens (Romanian): dense
Ancestry of “dens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | dense | dense |
| 2 | Latin | dēnsus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dens- | to teach; thick, dense |