Where does “trireme” come from?

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

trireme (Italian): trireme

Definitions

  1. trireme

Ancestry of “trireme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrirēmishaving three banks of oars
2Latintri-three, tri-
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →