English
Trinitarian
Trinitarian comes from Latin trinitas ‘threeness’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *triznos.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*triznosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrīnus‘triple, threefold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrinitas‘threeness’
- Frenchc. 1600–presenttrinitaire
- Englishearliest quotation 1916Trinitarian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*triznosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrīnus‘triple, threefold’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrinitas‘threeness’
- Frenchc. 1600–presenttrinitaire
- Englishearliest quotation 1916Trinitarian
Earliest quotation: 1916, The North American Review: “In polytheism we find also a tendency to a…”
Formed from -ian
Every English word from Proto-Italic *triznos
Today it means
noun Someone who believes in the Trinity, the three persons of the Godhead.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *triznos / Trinitarian