Where does “tersus” come from?

tersus (Latin) comes from Latin tergo, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

tersus (Latin): clean, neat, rubbed or wiped (off), cleansed, having been cleansed

Definitions

  1. clean, neat, rubbed or wiped (off), cleansed, having been cleansed

Ancestry of “tersus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintergoAlternative form of tergeō; ablative singular of...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “tersus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Latin tergo →