Where does “semis” come from?

semis (English) comes from Latin sēmis, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

semis (English): plural of semi; A small bronze coin minted during...

Definitions

  1. plural of semi; A small bronze coin minted during...

Ancestry of “semis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēmisa half, a half-unit
2Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →
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