Where does “trien” come from?
trien (Middle English) comes 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.
trien (Middle English): to try a legal case
Definitions
- to try a legal case
Ancestry of “trien”, step by step
trien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French trier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | trier | to choose; to select; to sort; to find |
| 2 | Latin | triare | to pick out |
| 3 | Latin | trito | dative masculine singular of trītus; dative... |
| 4 | Latin | tritus | rubbed, triturated; worn out or away, well-worn |
| 5 | Latin | tero | I rub or triturate; I wear away or wear out; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via Anglo-Norman trier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | trier | to try a case; to choose; to select; to sort |