Where does “trianguli” come from?

trianguli (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto triangulo, from Esperanto tri, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trianguli (Esperanto): to triangulate

Definitions

  1. to triangulate

Ancestry of “trianguli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotriangulotriangle
2Esperantotrithree
3EnglishthreeA numerical value after two and before four....
4Middle Englishthrethree
5Old Englishþrīthree
6Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
7Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
8Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →