English
trieteric
Trieteric comes from Ancient Greek τριετηρικός, from ἔτος ‘year’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wet-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wet-1‘year’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wétos2‘year’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wétos2reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔτος3‘year’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτριετηρικός3trietērikós
- Englishtodaytrieteric3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *wétos
- 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἔτος
- 3 Wiktionary, English trieteric
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wet-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *wétos‘year’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wétosWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἔτος‘year’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wétosWiktionary, Ancient Greek ἔτοςreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔτοςWiktionary, English trieteric‘year’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτριετηρικόςWiktionary, English trieterictrietērikós
- EnglishtodaytrietericWiktionary, English trieteric
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wet- ‘year’
through Proto-Indo-European *wétos ‘year’
veteran, veterinary, veterinarian, bacha, inveterate, 8 more
Today it means
adj Synonym of triennal (“related to or characterized by an three-year period”)
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “trieteric”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *wétos, Ancient Greek ἔτος. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wet- / trieteric