Where does “dentisteriya” come from?
dentisteriya (Tagalog) comes from Spanish dentistería, from Spanish dentista, from Spanish diente, from Old Spanish diente, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents — to eat.
dentisteriya (Tagalog): dentistry
Definitions
- dentistry
Ancestry of “dentisteriya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | dentistería | dental clinic |
| 2 | Spanish | dentista | dentist |
| 3 | Spanish | diente | tooth; clove |
| 4 | Old Spanish | diente | tooth |
| 5 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 6 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 7 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |