Where does “trike” come from?

trike (English) comes from English tricycle, from French tricycle, from French tri-, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trike (English): A tricycle; A three-wheeled motorbike; A kind of...

Definitions

  1. A tricycle; A three-wheeled motorbike; A kind of...

Ancestry of “trike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtricycleA cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and...
2Frenchtricycletricycle
3Frenchtri-tri
4Latintri-three, tri-
5Latintrēsthree; 3
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →