Etymograph

English

triture

Triture comes from Latin tritura, 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 CEtritura2
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1742triture2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin tritura
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English triture
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1742, George Cheyne: “this original Zest in the Glands , gentle Heat…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-Wiktionary, Latin tritura‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEterōWiktionary, Latin tritura‘to rub or triturate’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrituraWiktionary, English triture
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1742tritureWiktionary, English triture. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1742, George Cheyne: “this original Zest in the Glands , gentle Heat…”

Linked words

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

throw, turn, tournament, thread, tragic, threshold, trout, tyrone, thrash, detour, tourney, termite, triage, tourniquet, tyro, truant, thresher, derma, thresh, contrite, 38 more

through Latin terō ‘to rub or triturate’

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

Today it means

noun A rubbing or grinding; trituration.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “triture”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin tritura. 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- / triture

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