6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
adjective divided into three lobes
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti Proto-Italic *findō Latin findō Latin -fidus Latin trifidusbor. English trifid From Latin trifidus, from tri- (“three”) + -fidus, form of findere (“to split”).
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