Where does “tryless” come from?
tryless (English) comes from English try, from Middle English trien, from Old French trier, from Latin triare, from Latin trito, from Latin tritus, from Latin tero, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
tryless (English): With no tries scored
Definitions
- With no tries scored
Ancestry of “tryless”, step by step
tryless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English try
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | try | To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive;... |
| 2 | Middle English | trien | to try a legal case |
| 3 | Old French | trier | to choose; to select; to sort; to find |
| 4 | Latin | triare | to pick out |
| 5 | Latin | trito | dative masculine singular of trītus; dative... |
| 6 | Latin | tritus | rubbed, triturated; worn out or away, well-worn |
| 7 | Latin | tero | I rub or triturate; I wear away or wear out; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |