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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΤρισμέγιστος“thrice-great”
- English todayTrismegistus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρισμέγιστος (Trismégistos, “thrice-great”), from τρῐ́ς (trĭ́s, “thrice”) + μέγιστος (mégistos, “greatest”). Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀴𐀪𐀮𐀫𐀁 (ti-ri-se-ro-e, “triple hero”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.