Etymograph

English

troche

Troche comes from Ancient Greek τρόχισκος ‘a small ball’, from τροχός ‘wheel’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, drag, pull’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-‘to run, drag, pull’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰrogʰósreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτροχόςtrokhós‘wheel’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτρόχισκοςtrókhiskos‘a small ball’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1652troche

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-‘to run, drag, pull’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰrogʰósreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτροχόςtrokhós‘wheel’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτρόχισκοςtrókhiskos‘a small ball’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1652troche

Earliest quotation: 1652, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician: “At night when you go to bed, take two…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, drag, pull’

draw, train, draft, attractive, drag, portrait, attraction, retreat, extraction, distraction, tract, draught, entreat, 52 more

Today it means

noun A lozenge; a cough drop.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- / troche

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