Etymology

-tripsy

Today it means: Used to form nouns referring to a surgical procedure involving the crushing, breaking, rubbing, or pulverization of a substance (especially a calculus or stone). Full definition →

Ancient Greek τρῖψῐς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτρῖψῐς“rubbing, friction”
  2. English today-tripsy

From Ancient Greek τρῖψῐς (trîpsĭs, “rubbing, friction”) + -y, from τρίβειν (tríbein, “to rub, thresh, pound, wear out”).

Words from the same roots

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