Etymology

trinuclear

T1R1I1N1U1C3L1E1A1R1

Today it means: Having three nuclei Full definition →

English nuclear ← 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. Englishnuclear
  7. English todaytrinuclear

From tri- + nuclear.

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