Where does “trisulfated” come from?

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

trisulfated (English): Modified by the addition of three sulfate groups

Definitions

  1. Modified by the addition of three sulfate groups

Ancestry of “trisulfated”, step by step

trisulfated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English sulfated

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