Where does “triptic” come from?

triptic (Romanian) comes from French triptyque, from Ancient Greek τρίπτυχος, from Ancient Greek τρῐ-, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς, from Proto-Hellenic tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

triptic (Romanian): triptych

Definitions

  1. triptych

Ancestry of “triptic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtriptyquetriptych
2Ancient Greekτρίπτυχοςconsisting of three layers, threefold
3Ancient Greekτρῐ-three; {{l|en|tri-}}
4Ancient Greekτρεῖςthree
5Proto-Hellenictréyesthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Ancient Greek τρῐ- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic tréyes →