Where does “trémie” come from?

trémie (French) comes from Latin trimodia, from Latin modius, from Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

trémie (French): hopper

Definitions

  1. hopper

Ancestry of “trémie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrimodiaa vessel containing three bushels
2Latinmodiusmodius, a unit of dry measure of about a peck or...
3Latinmodusmeasure
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “trémie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Latin modus →