Where does “trois” come from?

trois (Canadian French) comes from Old French treis, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trois (Canadian French): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “trois”, step by step

trois traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French treis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchtreisAlternative form of trois
2Latintrēsthree; 3
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Old French trois

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtroisthree

Words derived from “trois”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →