Etymograph

English

tragal

From tragus + -al.

Formed from tragus + -al

Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’

Ancient Greek τράγω ‘to gnaw, nibble’

Ancient Greek τράγος ‘he-goat’

Late Latin tragus ‘the goatlike smell of the armpits’

English tragus

Today it means

adj Relating to the tragus.

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

Etymograph / tragal