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Where does “tricae” come from?

tricae (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

tricae (Latin): trifles, toys, trumpery; hindrances, impediments

Definitions

  1. trifles, toys, trumpery; hindrances, impediments

Ancestry of “tricae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “tricae”

  • intricate
  • treachery
  • intrigue
  • extricate
  • intricately
  • intricacy
  • extrication
  • intriguer
  • intrication
  • treacher
  • intricateness
  • intriguery
  • disintricate
  • treachersome
  • intricable
  • extricatest
  • extricateth
  • tricor
  • extricare
  • intricato
  • intricans
  • intricaturus
  • intricandus
  • extricate
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