English
triticum
Triticum comes from Latin trīticum ‘wheat, a kind of grain’, from trītus ‘rubbed, triturated’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, turn’next step skipped: Latin terō
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrītus‘rubbed, triturated’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrīticum‘wheat, a kind of grain’
- Englishearliest quotation 1734triticum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, turn’next step skipped: Latin terō
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrītus‘rubbed, triturated’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrīticum‘wheat, a kind of grain’
- Englishearliest quotation 1734triticum
Earliest quotation: 1734, Containing July, August and September: “The Characteriſticks of the Triticums, or Wheat-corns, are, according…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
turn, throw, tournament, thread, threshold, tragic, trout, tyrone, detrimental, detour, thrash, tourney, detriment, termite, tourniquet, attrition, thresher, tribulation, tyro, truant, detritus, thresh, derma, contrite, 39 more
through Latin trītus ‘rubbed, triturated’
Today it means
noun A plant of the genus Triticum (wheat and related cereals).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / triticum