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

1. treacle, theriac
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:

     ...for trewthe telleþ þat loue is triacle of heuene...

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Descendants

• English: treacle
• → Welsh: triagl

References

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