Where does “trihydroxylated” come from?

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

trihydroxylated (English): Modified by the addition of three hydroxyl groups

Definitions

  1. Modified by the addition of three hydroxyl groups

Ancestry of “trihydroxylated”, step by step

trihydroxylated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English hydroxylated

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhydroxylatedsimple past tense and past participle of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →
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