Where does “ternarily” come from?
ternarily (English) comes from English ternary, from Latin ternarius, from Latin terni, from Latin ter, from Latin terr, from Old Latin tris, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
ternarily (English): In a ternary fashion; in three directions,...
Definitions
- In a ternary fashion; in three directions,...
Ancestry of “ternarily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ternary | Made up of three things; treble, triadic, triple,... |
| 2 | Latin | ternarius | Containing or consisting of three things; ternary |
| 3 | Latin | terni | three each; three at a time |
| 4 | Latin | ter | thrice |
| 5 | Latin | terr | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | tris | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |