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Where does “tribrach” come from?

tribrach (English) comes from Latin tribrachys, from Ancient Greek τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς, from Ancient Greek τρῐ-, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς, from Proto-Hellenic tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tribrach (English): A metrical foot consisting of three short...

Definitions

  1. A metrical foot consisting of three short...

Ancestry of “tribrach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintribrachystribrach
2Ancient Greekτρῐ́βρᾰχῠς—
3Ancient Greekτρῐ-three; {{l|en|tri-}}
4Ancient Greekτρεῖςthree
5Proto-Hellenictréyesthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tribrach”

  • tribrachic
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