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Where does “tricornis” come from?

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

tricornis (Latin): three-horned

Definitions

  1. three-horned

Ancestry of “tricornis”, step by step

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