English
interdentalize
From interdental + -ize.
A compound of inter- + dental + interdental
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to smell’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts ‘tooth’
Proto-Italic *dents ‘tooth’
Latin dēns ‘a tooth’
Medieval Latin dentālis
Middle French denta
Late Latin dentālis
English dental
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to smell’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts ‘tooth’
Proto-Italic *dents ‘tooth’
Latin dēns ‘a tooth’
Medieval Latin dentālis
Middle French denta
Late Latin dentālis
English dental
English interdental
Today it means
verb To make (a speech sound) interdental.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / interdentalize