Where does “ternate” come from?

ternate (English) comes from Latin ternus, from Latin ter, from Latin terr, from Old Latin tris, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

ternate (English): Having three divisions

Definitions

  1. Having three divisions

Ancestry of “ternate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinternustriple, threefold, trinary; three each
2Latinterthrice
3Latinterr—
4Old Latintris—
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “ternate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →