Etymology

trental

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Today it means: A set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day. Full definition →

Medieval Latin trentāle ← Old French trentel ← Vulgar Latin trenta
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtrīgintā“thirty”
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived fromtrenta
  3. Old French · derived fromtrentel
  4. Medieval Latin · derived fromtrentāle
  5. English todaytrental

From Medieval Latin trentāle directly or via Old French trentel, from the neuter substantive of *Vulgar Latin trenta + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Latin trīgintā (“thirty”).

Words from the same roots

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