triliteral en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Latin lītera Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English triliteral From tri- + Latin lītera (“letter”) + English -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of word roots in Afroasiatic languages) Consisting of three letters.
[T]he philologist may well refuse to accept a body of triliteral roots, developed on a highly artificial and uniform plan, as the ultimate fact in Semitic lexicography.
1911 December 13, C. J. Ball, “A Study in Biblical Philology”, in Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology, volume XXXIII, number CCXLIX, London: Society of Biblical Archaeology, →OCLC, page 13:
Deriveds
triliterality · triliterally · triliteralism · triliteralness
Relateds
pluriliteral · monoliteral · biliteral · multiliteral · postliteral · supraliteral · quadriliteralism · biliteralism · literal · quinqueliteral · quadriliteral
Translations (4)
es trilátero (regarding Afroasiatic roots) · es trilítero (regarding Afroasiatic roots) · es triliteral (regarding Afroasiatic roots) · es triconsonántico (regarding Afroasiatic roots)