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Tritaea

Tritaea comes from Ancient Greek τρῐταῖος ‘of the third day’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós ~ *tritós.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tr̥tyós ~ *tritósreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτρίτος
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτρῐταῖοςtrĭtaîos‘of the third day’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΤριταίαTritaía
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETritaea
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tr̥tyós ~ *tritósreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτρίτος
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτρῐταῖοςtrĭtaîos‘of the third day’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΤριταίαTritaía
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETritaea
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós ~ *tritós

trite, 1 more

through Ancient Greek τρίτος

triton, tritium, 1 more

Today it means

name A town of Achaia and member of the Achean league

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós ~ *tritós / Tritaea

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