Where does “trio” come from?

trio (Dutch) comes from Italian trio, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trio (Dutch): trio, threesome, triad; menage a trois, threesome

Definitions

  1. trio, threesome, triad; menage a trois, threesome

Ancestry of “trio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantriotrio, threesome; trio; travel system
2Latintrēsthree; 3
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “trio”

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