Where does “tripinnatifid” come from?

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

tripinnatifid (English): Thrice pinnately cleft; said of a pinnatifid leaf...

Definitions

  1. Thrice pinnately cleft; said of a pinnatifid leaf...

Ancestry of “tripinnatifid”, step by step

tripinnatifid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English pinnatifid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpinnatifidHaving lobes with incisions that extend less than...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →
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