Where does “trifrequency” come from?
trifrequency (English) comes from English frequency, from Latin frequentia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
trifrequency (English): Involving three frequencies
Definitions
- Involving three frequencies
Ancestry of “trifrequency”, step by step
trifrequency traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English frequency
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | frequency | The rate of occurrence of anything; the... |
| 2 | Latin | frequentia | crowd, multitude, throng |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |