English
triptotic
From triptote + -ic.
Formed from triptote + -ic
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to fall’
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Proto-Hellenic *píptō
Ancient Greek πίπτω ‘to fall’
Ancient Greek τρίπτωτος
Latin triptōtum ‘a noun that only has three cases, a triptote’
English triptote
Today it means
adj behaving like a triptote, i.e. having or exhibiting only three different cases
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “triptotic”. 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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