Where does “trikolora” come from?

trikolora (Ido) comes from Ido tri, from Esperanto tri, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trikolora (Ido): tricolor

Definitions

  1. tricolor

Ancestry of “trikolora”, step by step

trikolora traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ido tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idotrithree
2Esperantotrithree
3EnglishthreeA numerical value after two and before four....
4Middle Englishthrethree
5Old Englishþrīthree
6Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
7Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
8Proto-Indo-European*tréyes

via Ido kolora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idokolora
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Germanic þrīzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ