Etymology of the English word tremie
the English word
tremiederived from the French word
tremiederived from the Italian word
tramoggiaderived from the Latin word
trimodia (three-peck measure; vessel of three modii capacity)
using the Latin prefix
tri-derived from the Classical Latin word
tres (three)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*trei-derived from the Classical Latin word
modius (peck; Roman dry measure)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*med-Date
The earliest known usage of tremie in English dates from the 20th century.
