English Explanatory Dictionary

triskeles

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A symbol consisting of three spirals, or three bent human legs.

Word forms

triskeles

Etymology

1880, via German Triskeles (c. 1850), from French triskèle (1835). It is in turn from Ancient Greek τρισκελής (triskelḗs, “three-legged”), composed of τρι- (tri-, “three”) + σκέλος (skélos, “leg”).

Synonyms

triskele triskelion
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