Where does “triope” come from?

triope (Esperanto) comes 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.

triope (Esperanto): by threes

Definitions

  1. by threes

Ancestry of “triope”, step by step

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