The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*terə-
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτορευτικός“of metal work”
- English todaytoreutics
From Ancient Greek τορευτικός (toreutikós, “of metal work”), from τορευτός (toreutós, “worked in relief”), from τορέω (toréō, “I work in relief”), from τορευς (toreus, “a boring tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *terə-.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτορευτικός all →
toreutic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.