triacle

Middle English

Alternative forms

triacul, triakle, triakel, triakele, triakil, treacle, treacul, treakil, treakille

Etymology

From Old French triacle, from Latin thēriaca, from Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ).

Noun

triacle

treacle, theriac
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:
  ...for trewthe telleþ þat loue is triacle of heuene...
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

English: treacle
→ Welsh: triagl

References

“trī̆acle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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