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Where does “trilogy” come from?

trilogy (English) comes from Latin trilogia, from Ancient Greek τριλογία, from Ancient Greek τρῐ-, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς, from Proto-Hellenic tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trilogy (English): A set of three works of art that are connected,...

Definitions

  1. A set of three works of art that are connected,...

Ancestry of “trilogy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrilogia—
2Ancient Greekτριλογίαtrilogy, group of three tragedies performed...
3Ancient Greekτρῐ-three; {{l|en|tri-}}
4Ancient Greekτρεῖςthree
5Proto-Hellenictréyesthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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