Where does “tritium” come from?

tritium (Latin) comes from Proto-Celtic tritiyos, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥tyós, from Proto-Indo-European tréyes — three.

tritium (Latin): tritium

Definitions

  1. tritium

Ancestry of “tritium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictritiyosthird
2Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥tyósthird
3Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tr̥tyós →Every word from Proto-Celtic tritiyos →