English
trifarious
Trifarious comes from Latin trifarius ‘of three sorts or ways, threefold’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrifarius‘of three sorts or ways, threefold’
- Englishtodaytrifarious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrifarius‘of three sorts or ways, threefold’
- Englishtodaytrifarious
Every English word from Latin trifarius
Today it means
adj Facing three ways; arranged in three vertical ranks, like the leaves of veratrum.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin trifarius / trifarious