Etymograph

English

trochiscus

Trochiscus comes from Latin trochiscus ‘a pill, troche’, from Ancient Greek τρόχισκος ‘a small ball’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, to drag, to pull’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-‘to run, to drag, to pull’root as named
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτρόχισκοςtrókhiskos‘a small ball’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrochiscus‘a pill, troche’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰregʰ-‘to run, to drag, to pull’root as named
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτρόχισκοςtrókhiskos‘a small ball’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrochiscus‘a pill, troche’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

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

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

Today it means

noun A kind of tablet or lozenge

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

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

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