English
alveolodental
From alveolo- + dental.
A compound of alveolus + alveolo- + dental
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós ‘something hollow, hollowed out’
Proto-Italic *aulos
Proto-Italic *alwos
Latin alvus ‘belly, bowels, paunch’
Latin alveus ‘hollow, cavity’
Latin alveolus ‘a small hollow or cavity’
English alveolus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós ‘something hollow, hollowed out’
Proto-Italic *aulos
Proto-Italic *alwos
Latin alvus ‘belly, bowels, paunch’
Latin alveus ‘hollow, cavity’
Latin alveolus ‘a small hollow or cavity’
English alveolus
English alveolo-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to smell’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts ‘tooth’
Proto-Italic *dents ‘tooth’
Latin dēns ‘a tooth’
Medieval Latin dentālis
Middle French dental
Late Latin dentālis
English dental
Today it means
adj Relating to the alveolus and the teeth
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / alveolodental