Where does “diente” come from?

diente (Spanish) comes 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.

diente (Spanish): tooth; clove

Definitions

  1. tooth; clove

Ancestry of “diente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishdientetooth
2Latindēnsa tooth
3Italiandentetooth; cog, prong
4Latindenstooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like...
5Proto-Italicdentstooth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃dóntstooth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “diente”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →