Where does “Trier” come from?
Trier comes from Latin Treverorum, the genitive plural form of Treveri, the name of a Celtic tribe that inhabited the region.
Trier (English): on the banks of the Moselle river
Definitions
- on the banks of the Moselle river
Ancestry of “Trier”, step by step
Trier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English triour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | triour | — |
| 2 | Middle English | trien | to try a legal case |
| 3 | Old French | trier | to choose; to select; to sort; to find |
| 4 | Latin | triare | to pick out |
| 5 | Latin | trito | dative masculine singular of trītus; dative... |
| 6 | Latin | tritus | rubbed, triturated; worn out or away, well-worn |
| 7 | Latin | tero | I rub or triturate; I wear away or wear out; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |