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Where does “trine” come from?

trine (Middle English) comes from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Ancestry of “trine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtrin—
2Latintrīnus—
3Latintrēs—
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →