Where does “triterpène” come from?

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

triterpène (French): triterpene

Definitions

  1. triterpene

Ancestry of “triterpène”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtri-tri
2Latintri-three, tri-
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →