Trinity
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- used since the 1970s, from the religious term trinity, or translated from its long-established Spanish equivalent.
- (small coastal town in Newfoundland and Labrador).
- (town in Alabama).
- (city in North Carolina).
- (city and town in Texas).
- Trinity term.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English trinitie derived from trinitie derived from Latin trīnitātem derived from Proto-Italic *trēs (three) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (three) derived from Proto-Italic *-itāts derived from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being, suffix forming nouns indicating a state, state of being).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-teh₂ts
Gloss
suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being, suffix forming nouns indicating a state, state of being
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Holy Trinity English
- holy English
- teapoy English
- three English
- tri English
- trinitite English
- -itas Latin
- -itas, -itātem Latin
- -itātem Latin
- -tas Latin
- -tātem Latin
- commūnitās Latin
- contribūtus Latin
- extrēmitās Latin
- medius Latin
- tertius Latin
- trepalium Latin
- tres Latin
- tridēns Latin
- tripalis Latin
- tripālis Latin
- trēs Latin
- trīnitātem Latin
- три Russian
- Τρίτων Ancient Greek
- *-teh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃dénts Proto-Indo-European
- *médʰyos Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *tréyes Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European
- *þrīz Proto-Germanic
- त्रयः, त्रि Sanskrit
- त्रि Sanskrit
- trinitie Middle English
- *tri Proto-Slavic
- *trьje Proto-Slavic
- trinite Old French
- तिपाई Hindi
- *trīs Proto-Celtic
- *taHtiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *tráyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *-itāts Proto-Italic
- *trēs Proto-Italic
- trinitie xno
- *treje Proto-Albanian
- *tri/eK-(ś-) Proto-Albanian
- *tríjes Proto-Balto-Slavic
- trai Tocharian B
- *-tāts Proto-Hellenic
- *tréyes Proto-Hellenic
- -dawt Middle Welsh
- *tris Old Latin
- tre Tocharian A
- tīrts Old Prussian
- tri Novial
- -𐌕𐌀𐌔 Faliscan
- 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌔 Oscan
- 𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌚 Umbrian