Where does “tricarboxylic acid” come from?

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

tricarboxylic acid (English): An organic carboxylic acid whose chemical...

Definitions

  1. An organic carboxylic acid whose chemical...

Ancestry of “tricarboxylic acid”, step by step

tricarboxylic acid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English carboxylic acid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcarboxylic acidAny of a class of organic compounds containing a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →
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