Where does “tercerol” come from?

tercerol (Catalan) comes from Catalan tercer, from Latin tertiārius, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tercerol (Catalan): third person or thing occupying third place

Definitions

  1. third person or thing occupying third place

Ancestry of “tercerol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalantercerthird
2Latintertiāriuscontaining a third part
3Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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