English
teres
Teres comes from Latin teres ‘rounded’, from terō ‘grind, rub’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEterō‘grind, rub’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEteres‘rounded’
- Englishtodaysame form
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 CEterō‘grind, rub’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEteres‘rounded’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn’
turn, throw, tournament, thread, tragic, trout, threshold, tyrone, detour, thrash, tourney, triage, tourniquet, truant, contrite, tyro, termite, derma, thresher, thresh, 39 more
through Latin terō ‘grind, rub’
detrimental, detriment, attrition, tribulation, detritus, trite, 7 more
Today it means
noun A terete muscle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / teres