Dentate
/ˈdɛn.teɪt/noun
Having toothlike projections or a toothed edge.
Did you know?Dentate comes from Latin dentatus, meaning “toothed,” from dens, dent- “tooth,” the same root behind words like dentist and denture.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₃dónts
“tooth”
Latin
Latin
dens, dent-
“tooth”
Latin
Latin
dentatus
“toothed; having teeth”
Late Middle English
English
dentate
“toothed or having toothlike projections”
Modern English
English
dentate
“having a toothed margin or edge”