The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτρὶς λεγόμενον“(something) said only three times”
- English todaytris legomenon
From Ancient Greek τρὶς λεγόμενον (trìs legómenon, “(something) said only three times”), from τρίς (trís, “three times”) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.