Where does “triphenylene” come from?

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

triphenylene (English): A flat polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, isolated...

Definitions

  1. A flat polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, isolated...

Ancestry of “triphenylene”, step by step

triphenylene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English phenylene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphenyleneAny of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →