Where does “trilogie” come from?

trilogie (French) comes from Ancient Greek τριλογία, from Ancient Greek τρῐ-, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς, from Proto-Hellenic tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trilogie (French): trilogy

Definitions

  1. trilogy

Ancestry of “trilogie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτριλογίαtrilogy, group of three tragedies performed...
2Ancient Greekτρῐ-three; {{l|en|tri-}}
3Ancient Greekτρεῖςthree
4Proto-Hellenictréyesthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “trilogie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Ancient Greek τρῐ- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic tréyes →