Where does “Tribonacci” come from?
Tribonacci (English) comes from English Fibonacci, from Latin Bonacci, from Italian bono, from Latin bonum, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European dew- — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
Tribonacci (English): A variant of the Fibonacci sequence in which the preceding three terms, rather than the preceding two, are summed at each iteration
Definitions
- A variant of the Fibonacci sequence in which the preceding three terms, rather than the preceding two, are summed at each iteration
Ancestry of “Tribonacci”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fibonacci | Of or pertaining to the Fibonacci sequence |
| 2 | Latin | Bonacci | — |
| 3 | Italian | bono | Alternative form of buono; good |
| 4 | Latin | bonum | nominative neuter singular of bonus; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 6 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |