trinity

Meaning

  1. A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
  2. The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɹɪnɪti/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite and Old French ternite (modern French trinité), from Latin trīnitās, from trīni (“three each”), from trēs (“three”). By surface analysis, trine + -ity. Displaced native Old English þrines (literally “threeness”).

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