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Where does “trinervate” come from?

trinervate (English) comes from Latin trinervatus, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trinervate (English): Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched...

Definitions

  1. Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched...

Ancestry of “trinervate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrinervatus—
2Latintri-three, tri-
3Latintrēs—
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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