Where does “trifidus” come from?

trifidus (Latin) comes from Latin -fidus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

trifidus (Latin): cleft into three; three-pronged

Definitions

  1. cleft into three; three-pronged

Ancestry of “trifidus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-fidusfid, forming adjectives meaning "cleft" or "split"
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “trifidus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin -fidus →
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