English
torive
Torive comes from Middle English toriven.
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English torive
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500torivenWiktionary, English torive
- EnglishtodaytoriveWiktionary, English torive
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ‘two’
Proto-Indo-European *dwís ‘two-ways, in twain’
Proto-Germanic *twiz- ‘apart, in two’
Proto-West Germanic *tō-
English to-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- ‘to crumble, tear’
Proto-Germanic *rīfaną ‘to tear, scratch’
Old Norse rífa ‘to rend, tear apart’
Middle English riven ‘to rive’
English rive
Every English word from Middle English toriven
Today it means
verb To rive in pieces; rend.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English toriven / torive