Where does “dentiste” come from?
dentiste (Romanian) comes from Romanian dentistă, from Romanian dentist, from French dentiste, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente — to eat.
dentiste (Romanian): plural of dentistă
Ancestry of “dentiste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | dentistă | female equivalent of dentist |
| 2 | Romanian | dentist | dentist |
| 3 | French | dentiste | dentist |
| 4 | French | dent | tooth; cog |
| 5 | Middle French | dent | tooth |
| 6 | Old French | dent | tooth |
| 7 | Latin | dēns | — |
| 8 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 9 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |