English

triequal

tri- + equal

Formed from tri- + equal

Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three, threefold’

Proto-Italic *tri- ‘three, tri-’

English tri-

Old Latin aiquos

Latin aequus

Latin aequālis ‘equal’

Middle English equal ‘identical in amount’

English equal

Today it means

adj Equal and three in number.

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

Etymograph / triequal