Where does “redan” come from?
redan (Romanian) comes from French redan, from French redent, from French dent, from Middle French dent, from Old French dent, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens — to eat.
Ancestry of “redan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | redan | Alternative form of redent |
| 2 | French | redent | recess, indentation, shelf, projection; redan |
| 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 |