Where does “tri-” come from?

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

tri- (German): tri- three

Definitions

  1. tri- three

Ancestry of “tri-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tri-”

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