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dentalis.

bearing or furnished with small toothlike projections

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[dɛnˈtaː.lɪs]Classical-Latin[denˈtaː.lis]

  1. bearing or furnished with small toothlike projections

    Late-Latin · declension-3 · two-termination

  2. dental (of or pertaining to the teeth)

    Late-Latin · declension-3 · two-termination
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin dentālis From dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

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