English

trabeation

Trabeation comes from Latin trabs ‘beam’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *treb-.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*treb-‘wooden beam’reconstructed
Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*trabs‘wooden beam’reconstructed
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrabs‘beam’
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attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*treb-‘wooden beam’reconstructed
Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*trabs‘wooden beam’reconstructed
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrabs‘beam’
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Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *treb- ‘wooden beam’

troop, troupe, 12 more

through Proto-Italic *trabs ‘wooden beam’

taverna, 12 more

through Latin trabs ‘beam’

tavern, tabernacle, 12 more

Today it means

noun Beams used instead of arches or vaulting.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *treb- / trabeation

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