English

enameloplasty

From international scientific vocabulary, using New Latin combining forms, from enamel + -o- + -plasty.

Formed from enamel + -o- + -plasty

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- ‘to melt, smelt’

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Early Medieval Latin smaltum

Old French esmailler ‘to enamel’

Anglo-Norman enamailler

Middle English enamel

Today it means

noun Grinding away of the enamel of a tooth, usually for minor reshaping of teeth for cosmesis.

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

Etymograph / enameloplasty