Where does “trilobitic” come from?
trilobitic (English) comes from English trilobite, from Translingual Trilobita, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς, from Proto-Hellenic tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
trilobitic (English): Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to or containing, trilobites
Ancestry of “trilobitic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | trilobite | An extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita,... |
| 2 | Translingual | Trilobita | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τρεῖς | three |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | tréyes | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |