Where does “nontrier” come from?
nontrier (English) comes from English Trier, from Middle English triour, from Middle English trien, from Old French trier, from Latin triare, from Latin trito, from Latin tritus, from Latin tero — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
nontrier (English): One who has not tried something such as a product or a recreational drug
Definitions
- One who has not tried something such as a product or a recreational drug
Ancestry of “nontrier”, step by step
nontrier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Trier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Trier | on the banks of the Moselle river |
| 2 | Middle English | triour | — |
| 3 | Middle English | trien | to try a legal case |
| 4 | Old French | trier | to choose; to select; to sort; to find |
| 5 | Latin | triare | to pick out |
| 6 | Latin | trito | dative masculine singular of trītus; dative... |
| 7 | Latin | tritus | rubbed, triturated; worn out or away, well-worn |
| 8 | Latin | tero | I rub or triturate; I wear away or wear out; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |