Where does “trimoraic” come from?

trimoraic (English) comes from English moraic, from English Mora, from Latin mōra, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

trimoraic (English): Having three morae

Definitions

  1. Having three morae

Ancestry of “trimoraic”, step by step

trimoraic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English moraic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmoraicOf, pertaining to, or consisting of a mora or...
2EnglishMoraNamed after Mora, Sweden, see also
3Latinmōradelay, or any duration of time
4Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

Words derived from “trimoraic”

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