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[–] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wisdom tooth, one of the last four molar teeth to emerge on either side of the jaw, is so called by 1848 (earlier teeth of wisdom, 1660s, wit-tooth, c. 1600), a loan-translation of Latin dentes sapientiae, [...]

https://www.etymonline.com/word/wisdom

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

So now I think the Dutch far standing tooth is a wrong translation of wisdom tooth.