Where does “undertriage” come from?
undertriage (English) comes from English triage, from French triage, from French trier, from Middle French trier, from Old French trier, from Latin triare, from Latin trito, from Latin tritus — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
undertriage (English): The diagnosis of an injury as being less...
Definitions
- The diagnosis of an injury as being less...
Ancestry of “undertriage”, step by step
undertriage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English triage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | triage | Assessment or sorting according to quality; The... |
| 2 | French | triage | triage; sorting; classification, marshalling;... |
| 3 | French | trier | to sort, to sort out; to grade; to calibrate |
| 4 | Middle French | trier | — |
| 5 | Old French | trier | to choose; to select; to sort; to find |
| 6 | Latin | triare | to pick out |
| 7 | Latin | trito | dative masculine singular of trītus; dative... |
| 8 | Latin | tritus | rubbed, triturated; worn out or away, well-worn |
| 9 | Latin | tero | I rub or triturate; I wear away or wear out; I... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |