Where does “triporate” come from?

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

triporate (English): Having three pores

Definitions

  1. Having three pores

Ancestry of “triporate”, step by step

triporate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English porate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishporateOf or relating to a pore
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →