Etymograph

English

triapsal

From tri- + apse + -al.

Formed from tri + apse + al

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes ‘three’

English tri

Proto-Hellenic *áptō

Ancient Greek ἅπτω ‘to bind, join’

Ancient Greek ἁψίς ‘arch, vault’

Latin apsis ‘arch, vault’

English apse

Hindi आल

English al

Today it means

adj Having three apses.

Sources

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