Etymology

tritonymph

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Today it means: The instar between deutonymph and adult in some organisms. Full definition →

English nymph ← Middle English nimphe ← Old French nimphe
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The story

  1. Englishtrito-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snewbʰ-
  3. Ancient Greekνύμφη (númphē)
  4. Latinnympha
  5. Old Frenchnimphe
  6. Middle Englishnimphe
  7. Englishnymph
  8. English todaytritonymph

From trito- + nymph.

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