Where does “trisyllabical” come from?

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

trisyllabical (English): trisyllabic; of three syllables

Definitions

  1. trisyllabic; of three syllables

Ancestry of “trisyllabical”, step by step

trisyllabical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

via English syllabical

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsyllabicalAlternative form of syllabic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from English tri →
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