Where does “trinchetto” come from?
trinchetto (Italian) comes from Latin triquetrus, from Latin tri-, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
trinchetto (Italian): foremast
Definitions
- foremast
Ancestry of “trinchetto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | triquetrus | triangular, having three corners |
| 2 | Latin | tri- | three, tri- |
| 3 | Latin | trēs | three; 3 |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |