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Where does “Triops” come from?

Triops (Translingual) comes from New Latin tri-, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Ancestry of “Triops”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latintri-three, tri-
2Latintresthree; 3
3EnglishthreeA numerical value after two and before four....
4Middle Englishthrethree
5Old Englishþrī—
6Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
7Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
8Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “Triops”

  • Triopsidae
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