Where does “tristratified” come from?

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

tristratified (English): Divided into three layers

Definitions

  1. Divided into three layers

Ancestry of “tristratified”, step by step

tristratified traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English stratified

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishstratifiedarranged in a sequence of layers or strata;...
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