trien etymology

Middle English word trien comes from Latin tritare

Detailed word origin of trien

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
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)

Words with the same origin as trien

Descendants of tritare
trial