Where does “triturate” come from?

triturate (English) comes from Latin trituro, from Latin tritura, from Latin terō, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

triturate (English): To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize; To mix...

Definitions

  1. To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize; To mix...

Ancestry of “triturate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintrituroI thresh
2Latintriturarubbing, chafing; friction; threshing
3Latinterōto rub or triturate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “triturate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Latin terō →Every word from Latin tritura →