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Where does “tricoordinated” come from?

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

tricoordinated (English): coordinated with three ligands

Definitions

  1. coordinated with three ligands

Ancestry of “tricoordinated”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
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