myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of triceps

Etymology of the Latin word triceps

the Latin word triceps

derived from the Latin word caput (head; small head; head; head; head; head; person; life; heading; chapter, principal division)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)

using the Latin prefix tri-

derived from the Classical Latin word tres (three)

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

English triceps, French triceps, Italian tricipite, Portuguese tríceps, Spanish tríceps, Spanish tricípite