Where does “Triglyphe” come from?

Triglyphe (German) comes from Latin triglyphus, from Ancient Greek τρίγλυφος, from Ancient Greek τρῐ-, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς, from Proto-Hellenic tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Triglyphe (German): triglyph vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze

Definitions

  1. triglyph vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze

Ancestry of “Triglyphe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintriglyphus—
2Ancient Greekτρίγλυφοςthrice-cloven; triglyph, a three-grooved tablet...
3Ancient Greekτρῐ-three; {{l|en|tri-}}
4Ancient Greekτρεῖςthree
5Proto-Hellenictréyesthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “Triglyphe”

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