Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A grouping of three. · A romantic or sexual relationship between three individuals; a throuple. · A word of three syllables. · A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.
PIE word *tréyes From Latin triad-, stem of trias (“three, triad”), from Ancient Greek τριάς (triás). By surface analysis, tri- + -ad. Sense 3 (“branch of a Chinese underground criminal society”) is due to the word being applied by the British authorities to underground society in Hong Kong based on the geometry of the Chinese character, derived from a name used by some of those societies, 三合會 /三合会 (sānhéhuì, “Three Harmonies Society”), referring to the union between heaven, earth, and humanity.
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