Triage etymology

English

English word triage comes from Old French trier, and later French trier (To grade; to calibrate. To sort, to sort out.)

Etymology of triage

Detailed word origin of triage

Dictionary entry Language Definition
trier Old French (fro) (legal) to try (in court). To choose; to select. To find. To pull. To sort. To verify; to make sure of.
trier French (fr) To grade; to calibrate. To sort, to sort out.
triage French (fr)
triage English (en) To assess or sort according to quality or some other aspect. (computing, by extension) The process of prioritizing bugs to be fixed.. (medicine) The process of sorting patients so as to determine the order in which they will be treated (for example, by assigning precedence according to the urgency of illness or injury).. Assessment or sorting according to quality.. That which is picked out, [...]

Words with the same origin as triage

Descendants of trier

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