Where does “tricarboxamide” come from?

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

tricarboxamide (English): Any compound that has three carboxamide groups

Definitions

  1. Any compound that has three carboxamide groups

Ancestry of “tricarboxamide”, step by step

tricarboxamide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English carboxamide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcarboxamideAny amide of a carboxylic acid - RCNR
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →