Etymology

triennial

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Latin triennium
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  1. Latin · derived fromtriennium“three-year period”
  2. English todaytriennial

From Latin triennium (“three-year period”), from tres (“three”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, tri- + -ennial.

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