Where does “tray-trip” come from?

tray-trip (English) comes from English trey, from Anglo-Norman trei, from Old French treis, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tray-trip (English): An old game played with dice

Definitions

  1. An old game played with dice

Ancestry of “tray-trip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtreyA playing card or die with the rank of three; A...
2Anglo-Normantrei
3Old FrenchtreisAlternative form of trois
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Italic trēsEvery word from Latin trēs
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