Where does “triternate” come from?

triternate (English) comes from English ternate, from Latin ternus, from Latin ter, from Latin terr, from Old Latin tris, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

triternate (English): Three times ternate; applied to a leaf whose...

Definitions

  1. Three times ternate; applied to a leaf whose...

Ancestry of “triternate”, step by step

triternate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ternate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishternateHaving three divisions
2Latinternustriple, threefold, trinary; three each
3Latinterthrice
4Latinterr—
5Old Latintris—
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

Words derived from “triternate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Old Latin tris →