Where does “triage” come from?
Triage comes from French triage, derived from French trier, meaning to sort or separate, from Middle French trier, Old French trier, Latin triare, Latin trito, Latin tritus, and ultimately Latin tero, meaning to rub or wear away.
triage (English): Assessment or sorting according to quality; The...
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- Assessment or sorting according to quality; The...
Ancestry of “triage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | triage | triage; sorting; classification, marshalling;... |
| 2 | French | trier | to sort, to sort out; to grade; to calibrate |
| 3 | Middle French | trier | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “triage”