Etymology

tricolon

T1R1I1C3O1L1O1N1

Today it means: A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τρικωλον
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tricolon · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromτρικωλον
  2. English todaytricolon

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τρικωλον (trikōlon), neuter of τρικωλος (trikōlos, “having three parts”). By surface analysis, tri- + colon.

tricolon · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Ancient Greekκῶλον (kôlon)
  7. Latincōlon
  8. Englishcolon
  9. English todaytricolon

From tri- + colon.

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