Etymograph

English

denture

Denture comes from French denture ‘set of teeth’, from Latin dens ‘tooth’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to bite’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to bite’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃dónts‘tooth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dents‘tooth’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdensas dens‘tooth’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentdenture‘set of teeth’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to bite’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃dónts‘tooth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dents‘tooth’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdensas dens‘tooth’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentdenture‘set of teeth’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to bite’

odor, annoy, ozone, toothless, egregious, odious, osmium, odium, redolent, 65 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts ‘tooth’

tooth, zinc, tusk, 46 more

through Latin dens ‘tooth’

dental, trident, dens, dancy, dentate, dentin, 40 more

Today it means

noun A set of teeth, the teeth viewed as a unit.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- / denture

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