Where does “trilemă” come from?

trilemă (Romanian) comes from English trilemma, from English tri-, from Sanskrit त्रि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trilemă (Romanian): trilemma

Definitions

  1. trilemma

Ancestry of “trilemă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrilemmaA circumstance in which a choice must be made...
2Englishtri-API; three; Used in combination with a known...
3Sanskritत्रिthree
4Proto-Indo-Aryantráyasthree
5Proto-Indo-Iraniantráyasthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from English tri- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian tráyas →