Where does “triene” come from?

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

triene (English): Any alkene that has three double bonds

Definitions

  1. Any alkene that has three double bonds

Ancestry of “triene”, step by step

triene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English ene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishene—

Words derived from “triene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →