Where does “tricrural” come from?

tricrural (English) comes from English crural, from Latin crūrālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

tricrural (English): Having three legs

Definitions

  1. Having three legs

Ancestry of “tricrural”, step by step

tricrural traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English crural

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcruralPertaining to the leg; Leg-like in shape or...
2LatincrūrālisOf or pertaining to the leg; crural
3Latin-ālis—
4Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin crūrālis →
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