Where does “tritically” come from?
tritically (English) comes from English tritical, from English trite, from Latin trite, from Latin tritus, from Latin tero, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
tritically (English): tritely
Definitions
- tritely
Ancestry of “tritically”, step by step
tritically traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tritical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tritical | trite |
| 2 | English | trite | Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so... |
| 3 | Latin | trite | vocative masculine singular of trītus |
| 4 | Latin | tritus | rubbed, triturated; worn out or away, well-worn |
| 5 | Latin | tero | I rub or triturate; I wear away or wear out; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |