Etymology of the English word dental
the English word
dentalderived from the Latin word
dentalisderived from the Classical Latin word
dens (tooth; tooth; tusk; ivory)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dent-derived from the Latin word
dentusDate
The earliest known usage of dental in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
apicodental,
dentalize,
dentalman,
interdental,
labiodental,
peridentalCognates
Dutch
dentaal, French
dentale, German
Dental, Norwegian
dental, Swedish
dentalUsage
Word found in Modern English
