Where does “trigemin” come from?

trigemin (Catalan) comes from Latin trigeminus, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trigemin (Catalan): triplet

Definitions

  1. triplet

Ancestry of “trigemin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrigeminusborn three together
2Latintri-three, tri-
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Italic trēsEvery word from Latin trēs
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