Etymograph

English

trinitration

From tri- + nitration.

Formed from tri- + nitration

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

Proto-Italic *tri- ‘three, tri-’

English tri-

Today it means

noun Any nitration reaction in which three nitro groups are introduced into a compound.

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Etymograph / trinitration