Etymograph

English

trifidate

Trifidate comes from Latin trifidus ‘trifid, split into three parts’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrifidus1‘trifid, split into three parts’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2024trifidate1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English trifidate
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2024, Claudio De Stefani, Stemmi trifidi e traduzioni orientali: “It is well-known among philologists that trifidate stemmata are…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrifidusWiktionary, English trifidate‘trifid, split into three parts’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2024trifidateWiktionary, English trifidate. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2024, Claudio De Stefani, Stemmi trifidi e traduzioni orientali: “It is well-known among philologists that trifidate stemmata are…”

Every English word from Latin trifidus

Today it means

adj Bifid, divided into two main parts.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “trifidate”. 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.

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