Where does “triradial” come from?

triradial (English) comes from English radial, from Medieval Latin radialis, from Latin radius, from English -án, from Middle English -an.

triradial (English): radiating outward in three directions

Definitions

  1. radiating outward in three directions

Ancestry of “triradial”, step by step

triradial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English radial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishradialArranged like rays that radiate from, or converge...
2Medieval Latinradialisradial
3Latinradiusray; staff, rod; spoke
4English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
5Middle English-an—

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

Words derived from “triradial”

Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →Every word from Latin radius →