Where does “trivacancy” come from?

trivacancy (English) comes from English vacancy, from English -ancy, from Latin -antia, from Latin -entia.

trivacancy (English): A group of three vacancy defects in a crystal

Definitions

  1. A group of three vacancy defects in a crystal

Ancestry of “trivacancy”, step by step

trivacancy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English vacancy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvacancyAn unoccupied position or job; An available room...
2English-ancyAdded to verbs and adjectives to form nouns...
3Latin-antia-ance
4Latin-entia—

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Latin -entia →Every word from English -ancy →Every word from Latin -antia →