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Where does “tremaculum” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tremaculum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tremaculum”

  • untrammelled
  • untrammeled
  • trammel
  • entrammel
  • untrammel
  • trammeler
  • tramail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →