Etymograph

English

Triscuit

Triscuit comes from English bis ‘twice’.

  1. English1500–presentbis‘twice’
  2. EnglishtodayTriscuit

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentbis‘twice’
  2. EnglishtodayTriscuit

The story

Marketing coinage, said to be from electricity and biscuit, though historical evidence is lacking; sources from around the time of its introduction interpreted the name to mean "thrice-cooked" (from tris-), like biscuit is ultimately from bis (‘twice’) cuit (‘cooked, baked’).

Every English word from English bis

Today it means

noun A kind of wholewheat cracker.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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