Where does “triptyque” come from?

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

triptyque (French): triptych

Definitions

  1. triptych

Ancestry of “triptyque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτρίπτυχοςconsisting of three layers, threefold
2Ancient Greekτρῐ-three; {{l|en|tri-}}
3Ancient Greekτρεῖςthree
4Proto-Hellenictréyesthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “triptyque”

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