Where does “terfluorene” come from?

terfluorene (English) comes from English ter-, from Latin ter, from Latin terr, from Old Latin tris, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

terfluorene (English): Any oligofluorene containing three fluorene units

Definitions

  1. Any oligofluorene containing three fluorene units

Ancestry of “terfluorene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishter-three, threefold
2Latinterthrice
3Latinterr—
4Old Latintris—
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “terfluorene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Old Latin tris →