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Where does “trirectangular” come from?

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

trirectangular (English): Having three right angles

Definitions

  1. Having three right angles

Ancestry of “trirectangular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
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