Where does “tricarbide” come from?

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

tricarbide (English): Any carbide containing three carbon atoms per molecule

Definitions

  1. Any carbide containing three carbon atoms per molecule

Ancestry of “tricarbide”, step by step

tricarbide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English carbide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcarbideAny binary compound of carbon and a more...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes
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