Etymology

trinitrate

T1R1I1N1I1T1R1A1T1E1

Today it means: Any compound containing three nitrate groups Full definition →

English nitrate ← French nitrate ← Latin tri-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Frenchnitrate
  7. Englishnitrate
  8. English todaytrinitrate

From tri- + nitrate.

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