Where does “tricorniger” come from?

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

tricorniger (Latin): having three horns

Definitions

  1. having three horns

Ancestry of “tricorniger”, step by step

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