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Latin
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō) and possibly τράχηλος (trákhēlos), English drag, draw, trigger, track and Latin trahō.
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Particularly: “The putative PIE *tragh- is discussed s.v. traho, which is correctly uncertain where this one is blithely confident. Needs to be rephrased by an expert to show possibilities and doubts.”
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Pronunciation
Noun
tergus n (genitive tergoris); third declension
- back, rear
- hide, skin
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
References
- “tergus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tergus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tergus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tergus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.