Where does “trijugous” come from?

trijugous (English) comes from Latin trijugus, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trijugous (English): In three pairs; trijugate

Definitions

  1. In three pairs; trijugate

Ancestry of “trijugous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrijugusthreefold
2Latintri-three, tri-
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →
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