Where does “trial” come from?
trial (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman trial, from Old French trier, from Latin triare, from Latin trito, from Latin tritus, from Latin tero, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
Ancestry of “trial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | trial | endeavor; trial |
| 2 | Old French | trier | to choose; to select; to sort; to find |
| 3 | Latin | triare | to pick out |
| 4 | Latin | trito | dative masculine singular of trītus; dative... |
| 5 | Latin | tritus | rubbed, triturated; worn out or away, well-worn |
| 6 | Latin | tero | I rub or triturate; I wear away or wear out; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
Words derived from “trial”