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
- trio, threesome, triad; menage a trois, threesome
Ancestry of “trio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | trio | trio, threesome; trio; travel system |
| 2 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “trio”