Where does “trinucleate” come from?

trinucleate (English) comes from English tri, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

trinucleate (English): Having three nuclei

Definitions

  1. Having three nuclei

Ancestry of “trinucleate”, step by step

trinucleate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English nucleate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnucleateHaving a nucleus; nucleated; To form a nucleus,...
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