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Where does “trutination” come from?

trutination (English) comes from Latin trutinari, from Latin trutina, from Ancient Greek τρυτάνη, from Ancient Greek τρῡ́ω — to destroy, to exhaust; to exhaust; to wear out,...

trutination (English): The act of weighing

Definitions

  1. The act of weighing

Ancestry of “trutination”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrutinarito weigh
2Latintrutinabalance, scales
3Ancient Greekτρυτάνηbalance, pair of scales
4Ancient Greekτρῡ́ωto destroy, to exhaust; to exhaust; to wear out,...
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