the great extensor muscle, 1704, from Latin triceps "three-headed," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + -ceps, from caput "head" (from PIE root *kaput- "head"). So called because the muscle has three origins.
tribune
tributary
tribute
trice
tricentennial
triceps
triceratops
trichinosis
trichomoniasis
trichotillomania
trick