tribulation

tribulation · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromtribulāre“to press, probably also thresh out grain”
2. Late Latin · derived fromtrībulātiō“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction”
3. Old French · derived fromtribulacion
4. Middle English · inherited fromtribulation
5. English todaytribulation

From Middle English tribulation, from Old French tribulacion, from Late Latin trībulātiō (“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction”), from Latin tribulāre (“to press, probably also thresh out grain”), from trībulum (“a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain”), from terēre (“to rub”); see trite.

Tribulation · proper noun²

Proprialization from tribulation.