Etymograph

English

trine

Trine comes from Latin trīnus ‘three each’, from Proto-Indo-European *trís ‘thrice’, and ultimately from *tri- ‘three, threefold’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tri-‘three, threefold’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*trís‘thrice’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*triznosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrīnus‘three each’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600trin
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500trine‘trine, triple’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1612same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tri-‘three, threefold’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*trís‘thrice’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*triznosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrīnus‘three each’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600trin
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500trine‘trine, triple’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1612same form

Earliest quotation: 1612, Thomas Dekker: “Been Darkmans then booz Mort and Ken, / The…”

Linked words

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

trial, triple, tertiary, trillion, treble, 12 more

Today it means

adj Triple; threefold.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tri- / trine

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