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Where does “triène” come from?

triène (French) comes from French tri-, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

triène (French): triene

Definitions

  1. triene

Ancestry of “triène”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtri-tri-
2Latintri-three, tri-
3Latintrēs—
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →