Where does “tercine” come from?

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

tercine (English): A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an...

Definitions

  1. A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an...

Ancestry of “tercine”, step by step

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