释义 |
dent- Tooth. Originally *h1d-ent‑, "biting," present participle of ed- in the earlier meaning "to bite."- O-grade form *dont‑. tooth, from Old English tōth, tooth, from Germanic *tanthuz.
- Zero-grade form *dn̥t‑. tusk, from Old English tūsc, tūx, canine tooth, from Germanic *tunth-sk‑.
- Full-grade form *dent‑. dental, dentate, denti-, denticle, dentist; dandelion, edentate, edentulous, indent1, indenture, trident, from Latin dēns (stem dent‑), tooth.
- O-grade variant form *ədont‑, ultimately becoming odont‑ in Greek -odon, -odont, odonto-; dimetrodon, diprotodon, mastodon, from Greek odōn, odous, tooth.
[In Pokorny ed‑ 287.] |
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