Where does “triquetrous” come from?
triquetrous (English) comes from Latin triquetrus, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
triquetrous (English): Triangular; especially , having a triangular...
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- Triangular; especially , having a triangular...
Ancestry of “triquetrous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | triquetrus | triangular, having three corners |
| 2 | Latin | tri- | three, tri- |
| 3 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
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