Where does “hemitriglyph” come from?

hemitriglyph (English) comes from English triglyph, from Ancient Greek τρίγλυφος, from Ancient Greek τρῐ-, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς, from Proto-Hellenic tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

hemitriglyph (English): A portion of a triglyph, made incomplete by the sudden breaking off of the frieze

Definitions

  1. A portion of a triglyph, made incomplete by the sudden breaking off of the frieze

Ancestry of “hemitriglyph”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtriglyphA vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze
2Ancient Greekτρίγλυφοςthrice-cloven; triglyph, a three-grooved tablet...
3Ancient Greekτρῐ-three; {{l|en|tri-}}
4Ancient Greekτρεῖςthree
5Proto-Hellenictréyesthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Ancient Greek τρῐ-Every word from Proto-Hellenic tréyes
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