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Where does “Trinasus” come from?

Trinasus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek Τρινασός, from Ancient Greek τρῐ-, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς, from Proto-Hellenic tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Ancestry of “Trinasus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΤρινασός—
2Ancient Greekτρῐ-three; {{l|en|tri-}}
3Ancient Greekτρεῖςthree
4Proto-Hellenictréyesthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →