Definition:Tribonacci/Linguistic Note

Linguistic Note on Tribonacci

The word Tribonacci, in the context of Tribonacci constant and Tribonacci sequence, is a portmanteau word formed from tri, from the Greek word for three, and the name of the mathematician Fibonacci.

Hence it is pronounced trib-bo-nat-chi, or trib-bo-nar-chi, according to taste.

The word arises as a direct analogy with the Fibonacci numbers.