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welcome, Nereida!
my computer dictionary (which I believe is M-W) says this:
ORIGIN late Middle English : from French dent-de-lion, translation of medieval Latin dens leonis ‘lion's tooth' (because of the jagged shape of the leaves).
formerly known as etaoin...
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