Where does “trireme” come from?

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

trireme (English): A galley with three banks of oars, one above the...

Definitions

  1. A galley with three banks of oars, one above the...

Ancestry of “trireme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrirēmishaving three banks of oars
2Latintri-three, tri-
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
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