Where does “tricubic” come from?

tricubic (English) comes from English cubic, from French cubique, from Latin cubicus, from Ancient Greek κυβικός.

tricubic (English): Involving three cubic forms

Definitions

  1. Involving three cubic forms

Ancestry of “tricubic”, step by step

tricubic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cubic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcubicUsed in the names of units of volume formed by...
2Frenchcubiquecubic
3Latincubicuscubic (all senses), cubical
4Ancient Greekκυβικός—

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Ancient Greek κυβικός →