Where does “Trike” come from?
Trike (English) comes from English tricycle, from French tricycle, from French tri-, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Ancestry of “Trike”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tricycle | A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and... |
| 2 | French | tricycle | tricycle |
| 3 | French | tri- | tri- |
| 4 | Latin | tri- | three, tri- |
| 5 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |