triskeles

The story

1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromτρισκελής“three-legged”
2. French · borrowed fromtriskèle
3. German · borrowed fromTriskeles
4. English todaytriskeles

1880, via German Triskeles (c. 1850), from French triskèle (1835). It is in turn from Ancient Greek τρισκελής (triskelḗs, “three-legged”), composed of τρι- (tri-, “three”) + σκέλος (skélos, “leg”).

Words from the same roots