Origin and history of Thecodont

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "tooth."

It might form all or part of: al dente; dandelion; dental; dentifrice; dentist; dentition; denture; glyptodon; indent (v.1) "to make notches;" mastodon; orthodontia; periodontal; teethe; tooth; toothsome; tusk; trident.

It might also be the source of: Sanskrit danta, Greek odontos (gen.), Latin dens, Lithuanian dantis, Old Irish det, Welsh dent, Old English toð, German Zahn, Gothic tunþus "tooth."

before vowels thec-, word-forming element of Greek origin used since 19c. in botany and zoology with a sense of "case, capsule;" from Latinized combining form of Greek thēkē "case, receptacle" (from suffixed form of PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Sometimes theci-, in Latinized form.