Where does “terce” come from?

terce (English) comes from Old French terce, from Latin tertia, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

terce (English): The third hour of daylight; The service appointed...

Definitions

  1. The third hour of daylight; The service appointed...

Ancestry of “terce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchterceAlternative form of tiers
2Latintertianominative feminine singular of tertius;...
3Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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