Where does “tris” come from?
Tris is an English word of ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin from tréyes, meaning three.
tris (English): THAM; plural of tri
Ancestry of “tris”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tri | triathlon; triangle |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tréyes | three |