Editing Treacle (section)

==Etymology==
Historically, the [[Middle English]] term {{lang|enm|treacle}} was used by [[herbalists]] and [[Apothecary|apothecaries]] to describe a medicine (also called ''[[theriac]]'' or ''theriaca''), composed of many ingredients, that was used as an [[antidote]] for poisons, snakebites, and various other ailments.<ref name=OED /> ''Triacle'' comes from the [[Old French]] {{lang|fro|triacle}}, in turn from (unattested and reconstructed) [[Vulgar Latin]] {{lang|la|*triacula}}, which comes from [[Latin]] {{lang|la|theriaca}},<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dtheriacus theriacus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203175744/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=theriacus |date=2020-02-03 }}, Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, ''A Latin Dictionary'', on Perseus</ref> the [[latinization (literature)|latinisation]] of the [[Ancient Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|θηριακή}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|thēriakē}}), the feminine of {{lang|grc|θηριακός}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|thēriakos}}), 'concerning venomous beasts',<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dqhriako%2Fs θηριακός] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125062221/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dqhriako%2Fs |date=2020-11-25 }}, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref> which comes from {{lang|grc|θηρίον}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|thērion}}), 'wild animal, beast'.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dqhri%2Fon θηρίον] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428074619/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dqhri%2Fon |date=2021-04-28 }}, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Treacle |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/treacle |publisher=Oxford Dictionaries |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805010535/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/treacle |archive-date=August 5, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>