English
telotrochal
Telotrochal comes from Ancient Greek τροχός ‘wheel, hoop’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, drag, pull’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-‘to run, drag, pull’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰrogʰósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτροχόςtrokhós‘wheel, hoop’
- Englishtodaytelotrochal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-‘to run, drag, pull’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰrogʰósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτροχόςtrokhós‘wheel, hoop’
- Englishtodaytelotrochal
Formed from telo
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, drag, pull’
draw, train, draft, attractive, drag, portrait, attraction, retreat, extraction, distraction, tract, draught, entreat, 52 more
Today it means
adj Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilia; applied to the larvae of certain annelids.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- / telotrochal