Where does “triturar” come from?

triturar (Portuguese) comes from Latin trituro, from Latin tritura, from Latin terō, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

triturar (Portuguese): to grind, to crush, to triturate

Definitions

  1. to grind, to crush, to triturate

Ancestry of “triturar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintrituroI thresh
2Latintriturarubbing, chafing; friction; threshing
3Latinterōto rub or triturate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “triturar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Latin terō →Every word from Latin tritura →