English
tirocinium
Tirocinium comes from Latin tirocinium ‘first military campaign’, and goes back to tīro ‘beginner, recruit, novice’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtīro‘beginner, recruit, novice’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtirocinium‘first military campaign’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtīro‘beginner, recruit, novice’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtirocinium‘first military campaign’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
turn, throw, tournament, thread, tragic, threshold, trout, detrimental, detriment, detour, thrash, tourney, attrition, triage, trite, termite, detritus, tribulation, truant, tourniquet, thresher, thresh, derma, 40 more
through Latin tīro ‘beginner, recruit, novice’
Today it means
noun Schooling, apprenticeship; novitiate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin tīro / tirocinium