Where does “dentudo” come from?
dentudo (Spanish) comes from Spanish diente, from Old Spanish diente, 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.
dentudo (Spanish): toothy
Ancestry of “dentudo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | diente | tooth; clove |
| 2 | Old Spanish | diente | — |
| 3 | Latin | dēns | — |
| 4 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 5 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |