Where does “tercel” come from?
tercel (English) comes from Hungarian terc, from German Terz, from Italian terza, from Old Portuguese terça, from Latin tertia, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs.
tercel (English): Alternative form of tiercel
Definitions
- Alternative form of tiercel
Ancestry of “tercel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | terc | — |
| 2 | German | Terz | An interval of 3 or 4 halftones |
| 3 | Italian | terza | feminine singular of terzo; third |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | terça | — |
| 5 | Latin | tertia | nominative feminine singular of tertius;... |
| 6 | Latin | tertius | third, the ordinal number after secundus and... |
| 7 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |