Where does “trespeus” come from?

trespeus (Catalan) comes from Catalan tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trespeus (Catalan): trivet

Definitions

  1. trivet

Ancestry of “trespeus”, step by step

trespeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan tres

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalantresthree; a castell with three castellers on each...
2Latintrēsthree; 3
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes

via Catalan peus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpeus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes