Where does “treacler” come from?
treacler (English) comes from English treacle, from Middle English triacle, from Old French triacle, from Vulgar Latin *triaca, from Latin theriaca, from Ancient Greek θηριακή, from Ancient Greek θηρίον, from Ancient Greek θήρ — wild; wild animal.
treacler (English): A maker of antidotes for poison
Definitions
- A maker of antidotes for poison
Ancestry of “treacler”, step by step
treacler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English treacle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | treacle | A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or... |
| 2 | Middle English | triacle | treacle, theriac |
| 3 | Old French | triacle | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *triaca | — |
| 5 | Latin | theriaca | antidote, counter-remedy, panacea, antitoxin,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | θηριακή | an antidote against a poisonous bite |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | θηρίον | wild animal, beast, savage beast; a small animal,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | θήρ | a wild beast, beast of prey, especially a lion;... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | kʷʰḗr | wild beast |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰwer- | wild; wild animal |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |