Where does “overtriage” come from?
overtriage (English) comes from English triage, from French triage, from French trier, from Middle French trier, from Old French trier, from Latin triare, from Latin trito, from Latin tritus — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
overtriage (English): An inaccurately high prehospital triage value assigned to a set of symptoms or an injury, assessing it as being more severe or traumatic than it truly is; the administrative or societal burden caused by such miscalibration, such as wait times in emergency departments
Definitions
- An inaccurately high prehospital triage value assigned to a set of symptoms or an injury, assessing it as being more severe or traumatic than it truly is; the administrative or societal burden caused by such miscalibration, such as wait times in emergency departments
Ancestry of “overtriage”, step by step
overtriage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English triage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | triage | Assessment or sorting according to quality; The... |
| 2 | French | triage | triage; sorting; classification, marshalling;... |
| 3 | French | trier | to sort, to sort out; to grade; to calibrate |
| 4 | Middle French | trier | — |
| 5 | Old French | trier | to choose; to select; to sort; to find |
| 6 | Latin | triare | to pick out |
| 7 | Latin | trito | dative masculine singular of trītus; dative... |
| 8 | Latin | tritus | rubbed, triturated; worn out or away, well-worn |
| 9 | Latin | tero | I rub or triturate; I wear away or wear out; I... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |