Where does “thricely” come from?
thricely (English) comes from English thrice, from Middle English thrīce, from Middle English thrīe, from Old English þreowa, from Proto-West Germanic *þriwō.
thricely (English): thrice; three times
Ancestry of “thricely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | thrice | Three times |
| 2 | Middle English | thrīce | — |
| 3 | Middle English | thrīe | three times, thrice; a third time |
| 4 | Old English | þreowa | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *þriwō | — |