Where does “triacetylated” come from?

triacetylated (English) comes from English tri, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

triacetylated (English): acetylated with three acetyl groups

Definitions

  1. acetylated with three acetyl groups

Ancestry of “triacetylated”, step by step

triacetylated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English acetylated

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishacetylatedsimple past tense and past participle of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →