French · noun

dent

‘hard mouth part’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
tooth
tooth
French
dent
dent
Hindi
दाँतdā̃t
दाँत
Telugu
పల్లుpallu
పల్లు
Tamil
பல்pal
பல்
  • toothEnglish⟷dentFrench· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • toothEnglish⟷दाँतHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • dentFrench⟷दाँतHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • பல்Tamil⟷పల్లుTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01dent is a French noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('hard mouth part') can be approximated as HAVE(PART, BODY) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.3 steps
  3. 03dent is inherited from Latin dēns, dentem ‘tooth’ (confidence 0.90).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:tooth-la-fr0.90
    • sourcetlfi0.90
  4. 04tooth is cognate with fr dent (confidence 0.80).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:tooth-cog-fr-en0.80
    • sourcewatkins0.80
  5. 05Aligned forms: English tooth (cognate); Hindi दाँत (dā̃t) (cognate); Tamil பல் (pal) (translation equivalent); Telugu పల్లు (pallu) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. dēns, dentemLatin— inherited →dent accepted
    tlfi0.90
  2. dentFrench— cognate →tooth accepted
    watkins0.80