English
atrine
Atrine comes from Old English æthrīnan ‘to touch, take, move’, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīnan ‘to brush against, to graze’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to strip, touch’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to strip, touch’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hrīnaną‘to touch, brush (against), make contact (with), graze’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hrīnan‘to brush against, to graze’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hrīnan‘to touch’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150æthrīnan‘to touch, take, move’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500atrinen
- Englishtodayatrine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to strip, touch’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hrīnaną‘to touch, brush (against), make contact (with), graze’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hrīnan‘to brush against, to graze’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hrīnan‘to touch’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150æthrīnan‘to touch, take, move’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500atrinen
- Englishtodayatrine
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’
Proto-Italic *ad ‘toward, to, on, up to, for’
Latin ad ‘to, towards’
English at-
Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to strip, touch’
Proto-Germanic *hrīnaną ‘to touch, brush (against), make contact…’
Proto-West Germanic *hrīnan ‘to brush against, to graze’
Old English hrīnan ‘to touch’
Middle English rinen
English rine
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to strip, touch’
secretary, certain, secret, crime, crisis, criminal, discrimination, discretion, critic, critique, discrete, discreet, criterion, discern, hypocrite, riddle, discriminate, excrement, excretion, endocrine, excrete, rime, incriminate, certitude, ridder, criterium, incrimination, recrimination, 46 more
Today it means
verb To touch.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / atrine