Where does “trigeminus” come from?

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

trigeminus (Latin): born three together

Definitions

  1. born three together

Ancestry of “trigeminus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “trigeminus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →