Where does “posttertiary” come from?
posttertiary (English) comes from English Tertiary, from Latin tertiārius, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
posttertiary (English): Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary
Definitions
- Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary
Ancestry of “posttertiary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Tertiary | Of or pertaining to the first part of the... |
| 2 | Latin | tertiārius | — |
| 3 | Latin | tertius | third, the ordinal number after secundus and... |
| 4 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |