Etymology

tertiate

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Today it means: To reduce by one third; especially, kill one third of (a group of people). Full definition →

Latin tertiāt-
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  1. Latin · derived fromtertiō
  2. Latin · borrowed fromtertiāt-
  3. English todaytertiate

Borrowed from Latin tertiāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of Latin tertiō, from tertius (“third”). By surface analysis, terti- + -ate.

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