myEtymology.com: French etymology of triangle

Etymology of the French word triangle

the French word triangle

derived from the Classical Latin word triangulum (triangle)

derived from the Latin word angulus (angle; angle, apex; corner)

using the Latin prefix tri-

derived from the Classical Latin word tres (three)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *trei-

Romanian trianglu

Dutch triangel, English triangle, German Triangel, Italian triangolo, Italian triangulo, Latin triangulum, Norwegian triangel, Spanish triangulo, Swedish triangel