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