Where does “trisegmented” come from?

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

trisegmented (English): Divided into three segments

Definitions

  1. Divided into three segments

Ancestry of “trisegmented”, step by step

trisegmented traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English segmented

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsegmentedsimple past tense and past participle of segment;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →