Tr

Morpheme

Tr

Type

bound base

Denotation

rub, wear out, wear away, consume, tread, spend, pass

Etymology

Latin trītus, from terere

Evidence

antiattrition, attrit, attritability, attritable, attrite, attrited, attritee, attriting, attrition, attritional, attritionary, attritioned, attritioning, attritions, attritive, attritor, attrits, attritted, attritting, biodetritus, contrite, contritely, contriteness, contrites, contrition, detriment, detrimental, detrital, detritic, detriticolous, detritivorous, detritophage, detritus, detrivore, interattrition, microdetritus, phytodetritus, trite, triter, tritest, triturable, triturate, triturated, triturates, triturating, trituration, triturator, triture, uncontrite, zoodetritus

Notes

single <t> and double <tt> in simple past and participle forms possible based on misunderstanding of -it(e) suffix

See Also

Tere

Homographs

Tr, -t(e)r [-ter, -tr], -t(e)r [-ter, -tr]