Etymograph

English

trime

Trime comes from Latin trēs ‘three’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tréyes1‘three’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*trejes1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*trēs1‘three’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrēs2‘three’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2025trime2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin tres
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English trime
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2025, Jiachuan Wu and Ash Reynolds: “If the penny is discontinued, it will join the…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tréyesWiktionary, Latin tres‘three’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*trejesWiktionary, Latin tresreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*trēsWiktionary, Latin tres‘three’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrēsWiktionary, English trime‘three’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2025trimeWiktionary, English trime. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2025, Jiachuan Wu and Ash Reynolds: “If the penny is discontinued, it will join the…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tréyes ‘three’

three, tri, tern, troika, 10 more

through Latin trēs ‘three’

distribution, contribute, tribute, tribe, tribal, tribunal, trinity, trio, tribune, trey, tres, triplex, 8 more

Today it means

noun A silver coin worth three cents, minted in the US from 1851 to 1873.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “trime”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin tres. 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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