Etymology

triungulin

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Today it means: The first-instar planidial larva of certain species of parasitoidal beetle; so named because the triungulin has three claws on each foot. Full definition →

Latin ungula ← English 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. Latinungula
  7. English todaytriungulin

From tri- + Latin ungula (“claw”) + English -in.

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