English
terebra
Terebra comes from Latin terebra ‘a borer’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEter(ō)
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEterebra‘a borer’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEter(ō)
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEterebra‘a borer’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
turn, throw, tournament, thread, tragic, threshold, trout, detrimental, tyrone, detriment, detour, attrition, tourney, thrash, triage, tribulation, detritus, trite, tourniquet, truant, termite, tyro, thresh, derma, 41 more
Today it means
noun The ovipositor of a female hymenopteran, that pierces.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / terebra