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Where does “Drill” come from?

Drill (Luxembourgish) comes from German Drill, from Middle High German drilich, from Old High German drilīh, from Latin trilix, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Drill (Luxembourgish): drill, exercise

Definitions

  1. drill, exercise

Ancestry of “Drill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDrill—
2Middle High Germandrilich—
3Old High Germandrilīh—
4Latintrilixhaving triple thread, three-ply
5Latintri-three, tri-
6Latintrēs—
7Proto-Italictrēsthree
8Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →