Where does “trilobite” come from?

trilobite (English) comes from Translingual Trilobita, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς, from Proto-Hellenic tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trilobite (English): An extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita,...

Definitions

  1. An extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita,...

Ancestry of “trilobite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualTrilobitaclass
2Ancient Greekτρεῖςthree
3Proto-Hellenictréyesthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “trilobite”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Hellenic tréyes →Every word from Ancient Greek τρεῖς →