Etymograph

English

tricesimation

Tricesimation comes from Latin trīcēsimus ‘thirtieth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *tridḱm̥th₂.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tridḱm̥th₂1‘thirty’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrīgintā2‘thirty’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrīcēsimus3‘thirtieth’
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentTricesimation3
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1995tricesimation3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin triginta
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin tricesimus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English tricesimation
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1995, Peter H. Wilson, War: “On 25 June a fifth emergency tax was introduced…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tridḱm̥th₂Wiktionary, Latin triginta‘thirty’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrīgintāWiktionary, Latin tricesimus‘thirty’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrīcēsimusWiktionary, English tricesimation‘thirtieth’
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentTricesimationWiktionary, English tricesimation
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1995tricesimationWiktionary, English tricesimation. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1995, Peter H. Wilson, War: “On 25 June a fifth emergency tax was introduced…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *tridḱm̥th₂

Today it means

noun A one-thirtieth tax introduced in the Duchy of Württemberg in 1691.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tricesimation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin triginta, Latin tricesimus. 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.

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