Where does “tridaily” come from?

tridaily (English) comes from English daily, from Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-Germanic dagalīkaz — daily.

tridaily (English): Three times a day or every third day

Definitions

  1. Three times a day or every third day

Ancestry of “tridaily”, step by step

tridaily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English daily

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdailyThat occurs every day, or at least every working...
2Middle Englishdaylyconstant, habitual; daily; constantly, habitually
3Old Englishdæġlīċdaily
4Proto-Germanicdagalīkazdaily

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Proto-Germanic dagalīkaz →Every word from Old English dæġlīċ →Every word from Middle English dayly →