Where does “triternately” come from?

triternately (English) comes from English triternate, 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.

triternately (English): In a triternate manner

Definitions

  1. In a triternate manner

Ancestry of “triternately”, step by step

triternately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English triternate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtriternateThree times ternate; applied to a leaf whose...
2EnglishternateHaving three divisions
3Latinternustriple, threefold, trinary; three each
4Latinterthrice
5Latinterr—
6Old Latintris—
7Proto-Italictrēsthree
8Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →