Where does “ternion” come from?

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

ternion (English): The number three; three things together; a...

Definitions

  1. The number three; three things together; a...

Ancestry of “ternion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinternioThe number three on a die; a set of three; a...
2Latinternustriple, threefold, trinary; three each
3Latinterthrice
4Latinterr—
5Old Latintris—
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →