Etymology

trivet

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Today it means: A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire. Full definition →

Middle English trevet ← Old English trefet ← Latin tripēs, tripedis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtripēs, tripedis“tripod”
  2. Old English · inherited fromtrefet
  3. Middle English · inherited fromtrevet
  4. English todaytrivet

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trevet, from Old English trefet, borrowed from Latin tripēs, tripedis (“tripod”).

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