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Both. Latin and Greek inherited their words for "three" from a common ancestor (known as Proto-Indo-European), and in both languages "three" shows up as tri- in compounds. Examples:

  • "triathlon" (from Greek): tri- + athlon"contest"
  • "trident" (from Latin): tri- + dens "tooth"
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