Where does “Bromtrifluorid” come from?

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

Bromtrifluorid (German): bromine trifluoride

Definitions

  1. bromine trifluoride

Ancestry of “Bromtrifluorid”, step by step

Bromtrifluorid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Trifluorid

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

via German Brom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBrombromine
2Frenchbromépast participle of bromer; brominated
3New LatinBromus—
4Ancient Greekβρόμοςoat; wild oat, slender oat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrem-to make noise
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →