Where does “tricycle” come from?
tricycle (French) comes from French tri-, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tricycle (French): tricycle
Ancestry of “tricycle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | tri- | tri- |
| 2 | Latin | tri- | three, tri- |
| 3 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “tricycle”