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单词 Indo-European root: ters-
释义
‌‌ters-
To dry.
Derivatives include thirst, terrain, toast1, and torrent.
  1. Suffixed zero-grade form *tr̥s‑.
    1. thirst, from Old English thurst, dryness, thirst, from Germanic suffixed form *thurs-tu‑;
    2. cusk, torsk, tusk2, from Old Norse thorskr, cod (< "dried fish"). Both a and b from Germanic *thurs‑.
  2. Suffixed basic form *ters-ā‑. terrace, terrain, Terran, terrene, terrestrial, terrier, territory, terroir, tureen; fumitory, inter, mediterranean, parterre, souterrain, subterranean, tartufo, terraqueous, terreplein, terre-verte, terricolous, terrigenous, turmeric, verditer, from Latin terra, "dry land," earth.
  3. Suffixed o-grade form *tors-eyo‑. toast1, torrent, torrid, tostones, from Latin torrēre, to dry, parch, burn.
  4. Suffixed zero-grade form *tr̥s-o‑. tarsus, from Greek tarsos, frame of wickerwork (originally for drying cheese), hence a flat surface, sole of the foot, ankle.
[Pokorny ters‑ 1078.]
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