Where does “trepan” come from?

trepan (English) comes from Old French trepan, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον, from Ancient Greek τρυπάω — to bore, drill.

trepan (English): A tool used to bore through rock when sinking...

Definitions

  1. A tool used to bore through rock when sinking...

Ancestry of “trepan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtrepan—
2Latintrepanuma drill
3Ancient Greekτρύπανονborer, auger, rotated by a thong; trepan, a...
4Ancient Greekτρυπάωto bore, drill

Words derived from “trepan”

Every word from Ancient Greek τρυπάω →Every word from Ancient Greek τρύπανον →Every word from Latin trepanum →