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Where does “trouhte” come from?

trouhte (Middle English) comes from Old English truht, from Old French truite, from Latin tructa, from Ancient Greek τρώκτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

Ancestry of “trouhte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtruhttrout
2Old Frenchtruite—
3Latintructaa kind of trout
4Ancient Greekτρώκτηςgnawer, nibbler; greedy knave; kind of fish with...
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “trouhte”

  • trout
  • troutlet
  • troutling
  • trouty
  • trouter
  • troutlike
  • troutless
  • troutful
  • antitrout
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