Where does “trinketize” come from?
trinketize (English) comes from English trinket, from English trink, from Old French trenche, from Old French trenchier, from Vulgar Latin trinicare, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three.
trinketize (English): To reduce to trinkets; to make tawdry and...
Definitions
- To reduce to trinkets; to make tawdry and...
Ancestry of “trinketize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trinket | A small showy ornament or piece of jewelry; A... |
| 2 | English | trink | A kind of fishing net that is attached to a post... |
| 3 | Old French | trenche | trench; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Old French | trenchier | to cut |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | trinicare | cut into three parts; cut in three parts |
| 6 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 7 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 8 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 9 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 10 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |