English
terebratulid
Terebratulid comes from mul Terebratulida, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, turn’root as named · steps between not traced
- mulmodernTerebratulida
- Englishtodayterebratulid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, turn’root as named · steps between not traced
- mulmodernTerebratulida
- Englishtodayterebratulid
Formed from terebrātus ‘boring, drilling’ + -ula
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
turn, throw, tournament, thread, tragic, threshold, trout, detrimental, tyrone, detriment, detour, tourney, attrition, thrash, triage, trite, detritus, tourniquet, tribulation, termite, truant, tyro, thresher, thresh, derma, 40 more
Today it means
noun A brachiopod of the order Terebratulida, having a short pedicle and a calcareous loop supporting the tentacles.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / terebratulid