Etymograph

English

tridentate

From tri- + dentate.

A compound of tri- + dentate

Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three, threefold’

Proto-Italic *tri- ‘three, tri-’

English tri-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to bite’

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts ‘tooth’

Proto-Italic *dents ‘tooth’

Latin dēns ‘a tooth’

Latin dentātus ‘toothed, having teeth’

English dentate

Today it means

adj Having three teeth

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tridentate”. 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.

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