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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

  1. In a ternary fashion; in three directions,...

Ancestry of “ternarily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishternaryMade up of three things; treble, triadic, triple,...
2LatinternariusContaining or consisting of three things; ternary
3Latinternithree each; three at a time
4Latinterthrice
5Latinterr—
6Old Latintris—
7Proto-Italictrēsthree
8Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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