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, I:
- ...for trewthe telleþ þat loue is triacle of heuene...
- c. 1385,, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
Descendants
- English: treacle
References
- “trī̆acle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.