Where does “trey” come from?

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

trey (English): A playing card or die with the rank of three; A...

Definitions

  1. A playing card or die with the rank of three; A...

Ancestry of “trey”, step by step

trey traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Anglo-Norman trei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normantrei—
2Old FrenchtreisAlternative form of trois
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Old English trega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtregapain, grief, vexation, hurt, ill
2Proto-Germanictregôgrief, pain
3Proto-Indo-Europeandreǵʰ-to be unwilling, vexed

via Anglo-Norman trois

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normantrois—

Words derived from “trey”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →