Where does “trinucleated” come from?

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

trinucleated (English): Modified to have three nuclei

Definitions

  1. Modified to have three nuclei

Ancestry of “trinucleated”, step by step

trinucleated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English nucleated

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnucleatedsimple past tense and past participle of...
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