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Where does “trispinosus” come from?

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

trispinosus (Latin): having three spines or thorns

Definitions

  1. having three spines or thorns

Ancestry of “trispinosus”, step by step

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