Where does “trichlorinated” come from?

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

trichlorinated (English): chlorinated with three atoms of chlorine

Definitions

  1. chlorinated with three atoms of chlorine

Ancestry of “trichlorinated”, step by step

trichlorinated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English chlorinated

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