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
Ancestry of “trutination”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | trutinari | to weigh |
| 2 | Latin | trutina | balance, scales |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τρυτάνη | balance, pair of scales |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τρῡ́ω | to destroy, to exhaust; to exhaust; to wear out,... |