Where does “escarbadientes” come from?
escarbadientes (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.
escarbadientes (Spanish): toothpick
Definitions
- toothpick
Ancestry of “escarbadientes”, step by step
escarbadientes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish diente
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | diente | tooth; clove |
| 2 | Old Spanish | diente | tooth |
| 3 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 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 |
via Spanish escarbar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | escarbar | to dig; to dig about; poke about |
| 2 | Galician | escarvar | to dig superficially |
| 3 | Latin | scarīfāre | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σκαριφᾶσθαι | to scratch an outline; scratch |