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

tricoordinated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English coordinated

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoordinatedOrganized, working together, cooperating;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →