Where does “trioecious” come from?

trioecious (English) comes from English -oecious, from English -ous, from Middle English -ous, from Old French -us, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

trioecious (English): Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior

Definitions

  1. Having male (staminate), female (pistillate), and bisexual flowers on the same plant (also known as "polygamous"), like Fraxinus excelsior

Ancestry of “trioecious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-oeciousForms adjectives describing the arrangement of...
2English-ousUsed to form adjectives from nouns, to denote...
3Middle English-ous
4Old French-us-ous, used for forming adjectives
5Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
6Old Latin-ōssus
Every word from Old Latin -ōssusEvery word from Latin -ōsusEvery word from English -ous
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