Where does “tercera” come from?
tercera (Catalan) comes from Latin tertiārius, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tercera (Catalan): third; female equivalent of tercer; feminine...
Definitions
- third; female equivalent of tercer; feminine...
Ancestry of “tercera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | tertiārius | containing a third part |
| 2 | Latin | tertius | third, the ordinal number after secundus and... |
| 3 | Latin | trēs | three; 3 |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |