Where does “tritium” come from?
tritium (Dutch) comes from Ancient Greek τρίτος, from Ancient Greek τρι-, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς, from Proto-Hellenic tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tritium (Dutch): tritium
Ancestry of “tritium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | τρίτος | third |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τρι- | tri- |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τρεῖς | three |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | tréyes | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |