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
- to grind, to crush, to triturate
Ancestry of “triturar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | trituro | I thresh |
| 2 | Latin | tritura | rubbing, chafing; friction; threshing |
| 3 | Latin | terō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
Words derived from “triturar”