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Where does “trimaximal” come from?

trimaximal (English) comes from English maximal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.

trimaximal (English): Having three maxima

Definitions

  1. Having three maxima

Ancestry of “trimaximal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaximalLargest, greatest , highest, most; The element of...
2English-ál—
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “trimaximal”

  • trimaximally
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