Latin

terō

‘to rub’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin terō.

14 English words in this record descend from Latin terō, most familiar first.

• detrimental ← *dētrīmentālis ← dētrīmentum ← dēterō
• detriment ← detriement ← detrimentum ← dēterere
• attrition ← attricion ← attricion ← attrītiō ← atterō
• trite ← trītus
• tribulation ← tribulacion ← trībulātiō ← tribulāre ← trībulum
• detritus ← dēterō
• contrite ← contrit ← contrit ← contrītus ← conterō
• teres
• terete ← teres
• intertrigo
• detritivore ← dētrītus ← dēterō
• lithotrity

More words from terō

• triturate
• triture

Etymograph / Latin terō