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tero.

to rub or triturate

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈtɛ.roː]Classical-Latin[ˈtɛː.ro]
  1. to rub or triturate

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  2. to wear away or wear out, consume

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  3. to tread

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  4. to press with a mill

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  5. to pass, spend

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). See also Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”), Danish dreje (“to turn”), Swedish dreja (“to turn”), Albanian dredh (“to turn, twist, tremble”), Russian тереть (teretʹ, “to rub”).

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