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Where does “triquetra” come from?

triquetra (English) comes from Latin triquetrus, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

triquetra (English): A shape formed of three "vesica piscis",...

Definitions

  1. A shape formed of three "vesica piscis",...

Ancestry of “triquetra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintriquetrustriangular, having three corners
2Latintri-three, tri-
3Latintrēs—
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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