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Where does “trichea” come from?

trichea (Vulgar Latin) comes from Ancient Greek τριχία, from Ancient Greek θρίξ — hair.

Ancestry of “trichea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτριχίαrope
2Ancient Greekθρίξhair

Words derived from “trichea”

  • tress
  • tressed
  • tressure
  • tressy
  • untressed
  • tressful
  • tressured
  • entrechat
  • trencilla
  • trenza
  • intrecciatura
  • intrecciamento
  • intrecciato
  • trecciona
  • treccia
  • intrecciata
  • intrecciabile
  • intrecciare
  • entrechat
  • tresse
  • tresser
  • betresst
  • Tresse
  • treso
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