Middle English word trien comes from Latin tritare
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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tritare | Latin (lat) | |
trito | Late Latin (LL) | |
*triare | Latin (lat) | |
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 | Anglo-Norman (xno) | |
trien | Middle English (enm) |