Where does “triour” come from?
triour (Middle English) comes from Middle English trien, 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 “triour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | trien | to try a legal case |
| 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 |