tripod

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτρίποδ-
2. Latin · borrowed fromtripod-
3. English todaytripod

PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin tripod- (stem of tripūs, tripodis), from Ancient Greek τρίποδ- (trípod-, stem of τρίπους, τρίποδος (trípous, trípodos), literally “three-footed”); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus, tripos, and teapoy.