Where does “trinitas” come from?
trinitas (Ecclesiastical Latin) comes from Latin trinitas, from Latin trini, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz.
trinitas (Ecclesiastical Latin): the Trinity; the number three; a triad
Definitions
- the Trinity; the number three; a triad
Ancestry of “trinitas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | trinitas | the number three; a triad; the Trinity |
| 2 | Latin | trini | nominative masculine plural of trīnus; genitive... |
| 3 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 4 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 5 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 6 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |