Etymograph

English

trioculate

From tri- + oculate.

A compound of tri- + oculate

Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three, threefold’

Proto-Italic *tri- ‘three, tri-’

English tri-

Proto-Italic *okʷ(e)los

Latin oculus ‘eye’

Latin oculātus ‘having eyes, seeing’

English oculate

Today it means

adj Having, or appearing to have, three eyes

Sources

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