Etymology

trinity

tri·ni·ty
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Today it means: A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one. Full definition →

Middle English trinite ← Anglo-Norman trinite ← Old French ternite
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trinity · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromtrīnitās
  2. Old French · derived fromternite
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtrinite
  4. Middle English · inherited fromtrinite
  5. English todaytrinity

From Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite and Old French ternite (modern French trinité), from Latin trīnitās, from trīnī (“three each”), from trēs (“three”). By surface analysis, trine + -ity. Displaced native Old English þrines (literally “threeness”).

Trinity · proper noun2

Proprialization of trinity.

Words from the same roots

Latintrīnitās all →

trinitarian

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