English
triturate
Triturate comes from Latin trītūrāre ‘thresh’, from terō ‘to rub or triturate’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEterō‘to rub or triturate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrītūra
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrītūrāre‘thresh’
- Englishearliest quotation 1897triturate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEterō‘to rub or triturate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrītūra
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrītūrāre‘thresh’
- Englishearliest quotation 1897triturate
Earliest quotation: 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula: “Just over the external jugular vein there were two…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
turn, throw, thread, tournament, threshold, tragic, trout, tyrone, detour, thrash, tourney, triage, termite, tourniquet, thresher, tyro, truant, thresh, derma, contrite, 39 more
through Latin terō ‘to rub or triturate’
detrimental, detriment, attrition, tribulation, detritus, trite, 7 more
Today it means
verb To grind to a fine powder, to pulverize.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / triturate