Where does “trifoliolate” come from?

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

trifoliolate (English): Having three leaflets, as some compound leaves...

Definitions

  1. Having three leaflets, as some compound leaves...

Ancestry of “trifoliolate”, step by step

trifoliolate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English foliolate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfoliolateOf or pertaining to leaflets of a plant

Words derived from “trifoliolate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →