Where does “Adenosintriphosphat” come from?

Adenosintriphosphat (German) comes from German Triphosphat, from German tri-, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Adenosintriphosphat (German): adenosine triphosphate

Definitions

  1. adenosine triphosphate

Ancestry of “Adenosintriphosphat”, step by step

Adenosintriphosphat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Triphosphat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTriphosphattriphosphate
2Germantri-tri- three
3Latintri-three, tri-
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via German Adenosin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAdenosinadenosine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →