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
tercel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian terc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | terc | third an interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale |
| 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 | three; 3 |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |