trocheus

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτροχαῖος
2. Latin · borrowed fromtrochaeus
3. English todaytrocheus

From Latin trochaeus, from Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), from τροχός (trokhós) + -αῖος (-aîos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “run”).

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