Etymograph

English

retooth

From re- + tooth.

Formed from re- + tooth

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to smell’

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Proto-Germanic *tanþs

Proto-West Germanic *tanþ

Old English tōþ

Middle English toth

English tooth

Today it means

verb To fit with new teeth.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “retooth”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / retooth