Etymology

trinitro

T1R1I1N1I1T1R1O1

Today it means: Three nitro groups in a compound Full definition →

English nitro ← Latin tri- ← Proto-Italic *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. Englishnitro
  7. English todaytrinitro

From tri- + nitro.

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