Etymograph

English

trochiter

Trochiter comes from Ancient Greek τροχαντήρ ‘trochanter, i.e. either of two processes at…’, from τροχάνη ‘wheel, axle, gear’, 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 BCEτροχός‘wheel’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτροχάζωtrokházō‘to run quickly’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτροχάνη‘wheel, axle, gear’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτροχαντήρtrokhantḗr‘trochanter, i.e. either of two processes at the head of the thigh bone’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presenttrochiter
  8. Englishtodaysame form

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 BCEτροχός‘wheel’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτροχάζωtrokházō‘to run quickly’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτροχάνη‘wheel, axle, gear’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτροχαντήρtrokhantḗr‘trochanter, i.e. either of two processes at the head of the thigh bone’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presenttrochiter
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

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

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

Today it means

noun The greater tuberosity of the humerus, admitting several of the muscles of the shoulders.

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

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

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