Where does “trinquet” come from?
trinquet (French) comes from Italian trinchetto, from Latin triquetrus, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
trinquet (French): mizzen
Definitions
- mizzen
Ancestry of “trinquet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | trinchetto | foremast |
| 2 | Latin | triquetrus | triangular, having three corners |
| 3 | Latin | tri- | three, tri- |
| 4 | Latin | trēs | three; 3 |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |