Etymograph

English

intertrigo

Intertrigo comes from Latin intertrīgō ‘a patch of skin sore from rubbing, chafing’, from terō ‘to rub or triturate’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-1‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEterō1‘to rub or triturate’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintertrīgō2‘a patch of skin sore from rubbing, chafing’
  4. Englishtodayintertrigo2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin intertrigo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English intertrigo

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-Wiktionary, Latin intertrigo‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEterōWiktionary, Latin intertrigo‘to rub or triturate’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintertrīgōWiktionary, English intertrigo‘a patch of skin sore from rubbing, chafing’
  4. EnglishtodayintertrigoWiktionary, English intertrigo

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’

turn, throw, thread, tournament, threshold, tragic, trout, tyrone, detour, thrash, tourney, triage, tourniquet, termite, tyro, thresh, truant, derma, contrite, 39 more

through Latin terō ‘to rub or triturate’

detrimental, attrition, detriment, tribulation, detritus, trite, 7 more

Today it means

noun Chafing or dermatitis occurring between two folds of skin.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “intertrigo”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin intertrigo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / intertrigo

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