Etymograph

English

teledental

Teledental comes from Latin dēns ‘a tooth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to smell’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to smell’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 CEdēns‘a tooth’
  5. Medieval Latinmoderndentālis
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600dental
  7. Late Latinmoderndentālis
  8. English1500–presentdental
  9. Englishtodayteledental

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to smell’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 CEdēns‘a tooth’
  5. Medieval Latinmoderndentālis
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600dental
  7. Late Latinmoderndentālis
  8. English1500–presentdental
  9. Englishtodayteledental

A compound of tele- + dental

Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‘to turn, revolve’

Ancient Greek τῆλε ‘at a distance, far off, far away, far from’

English tele-

Late Latin dentālis

English dental

Linked words

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

odor, annoy, ozone, egregious, toothless, odious, osmium, odium, redolent, 64 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts ‘tooth’

tooth, zinc, tusk, 45 more

through Proto-Italic *dents ‘tooth’

trident, denture, dentin, dentate, 39 more

through Latin dēns ‘a tooth’

dent, dens, dancy, 43 more

Today it means

adj Relating to teledentistry.

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

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

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