English
lithotrity
Lithotrity comes from Latin terō ‘to rub, grind’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEterōas terere‘to rub, grind’
- Englishtodaylithotrity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEterōas terere‘to rub, grind’
- Englishtodaylithotrity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn’
turn, throw, tournament, thread, tragic, threshold, trout, detour, tyrone, tourney, thrash, termite, tourniquet, triage, truant, thresher, derma, tyro, thresh, contrite, 39 more
through Latin terō ‘to rub, grind’
detrimental, detriment, attrition, tribulation, detritus, trite, 7 more
Today it means
noun lithotripsy
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / lithotrity