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Where does “trigemino” come from?

trigemino (Italian) comes from Italian gemino, from Latin Geminus, from Latin geminus, from Proto-Italic jemanos, from Proto-Indo-European yemH- — twin.

trigemino (Italian): triplet; trigeminal

Definitions

  1. triplet; trigeminal

Ancestry of “trigemino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangeminotwin; geminous; first-person singular present...
2LatinGeminus—
3Latingeminustwin; double, paired; a twin
4Proto-Italicjemanos—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanyemH-twin
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