Proto-Italic

*dents

‘tooth’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *dents.

47 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *dents, most familiar first.

• dental ← dentālis ← dentālis ← dēns
• dent ← dēns
• trident ← tridēns ← dēns
• dens
• denture ← dens
• dentate ← dentātus ← dēns
• dentin ← dentine ← dens
• dancy ← danché ← denté ← dentātus ← dēns
• interdental ← dental ← dentālis ← dental ← dentālis
• denticulate ← denticulātus ← denticulus ← dēns
• labiodental ← dental ← dentālis ← dental ← dentālis
• dentally ← dental ← dentālis ← dental ← dentālis

More words from *dents

• denticle
• dentalium
• dentil
• addental
• antidental
• bidental
• bident
• dancetté
• dancette
• dentex
• dentiform
• denticule
• dentiferous
• dentalism
• dentoid
• dentile
• dentize
• dentality
• dentalize
• edentulism
• intradental
• infradental
• mesiodens
• medicodental
• nondental
• orodental
• paradental
• palatodental
• peridental
• postdental
• polydental
• predental
• subdental
• supradental
• teledental

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *dents