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Where does “trīcāre” come from?
trīcāre (Latin) comes from Latin tricae, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
Ancestry of “trīcāre”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
tricae
trifles, toys, trumpery; hindrances, impediments
2
Proto-Indo-European
terkʷ-
to turn, spin
Words derived from “trīcāre”
treccare
treccone
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