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tirocinium.

apprenticeship, tyrociny

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[tiː.roːˈkɪ.ni.ũː]Classical-Latin[ti.roˈt͡ʃiː.ni.um]
  1. apprenticeship, tyrociny

    declension-2
  2. first military service, first campaign, recruitment

    declension-2
  3. military inexperience

    broadly · declension-2
  4. new recruits, raw forces (collectively)

    declension-2 · metonymically
  5. first attempt (at anything)

    declension-2 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin tīrō Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin -cinor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin tīrōcinium From tīrō (“recruit, beginner, novice”) + -cinor (“to be a...”, suffix forming verbs) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).

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