Where does “trilaminar” come from?

trilaminar (English) comes from English laminar, from English -ar, from Latin -āris, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

trilaminar (English): Formed of, or having, three laminae, or thin...

Definitions

  1. Formed of, or having, three laminae, or thin...

Ancestry of “trilaminar”, step by step

trilaminar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English laminar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlaminarOf fluid motion, smooth and regular, flowing as...
2English-arOf, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as...
3Latin-ārisfirst conjugation
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin -āris →