English
gingiva
Gingiva comes from Latin gingīva ‘gums’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgingīva‘gums’
- Englishtodaygingiva
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgingīva‘gums’
- Englishtodaygingiva
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- ‘to chew’
Today it means
noun The gum, consisting of the tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth and covering the jawbone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin gingīva / gingiva