Where does “trowel” come from?
Trowel comes from Middle English trowell, from Middle French truelle, from Late Latin truella, from Latin trulla, from Latin trua, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ-.
trowel (English): A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing...
Definitions
- A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing...
Ancestry of “trowel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | trowell | — |
| 2 | Middle French | truelle | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | truella | — |
| 4 | Latin | trulla | small ladle or scoop |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |