Where does “ter-” come from?

ter- (English) comes from Latin ter, from Latin terr, from Old Latin tris, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

ter- (English): three, threefold

Definitions

  1. three, threefold

Ancestry of “ter-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinterthrice
2Latinterr—
3Old Latintris—
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “ter-”

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