English
tridentlike
From trident + -like.
Formed from trident + -like
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to bite’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts ‘tooth’
Proto-Italic *dents ‘tooth’
Latin dēns ‘tooth’
Latin tridēns ‘trident, a three-tined spear’
English trident
Today it means
adj Resembling a trident; having three prongs.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tridentlike”. 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 / tridentlike