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Where does “treege” come from?

treege (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tre, from French très, from Middle French trés, from Old French trés, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.

treege (Esperanto): extremely, enormously

Definitions

  1. extremely, enormously

Ancestry of “treege”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotrevery
2Frenchtrèsvery
3Middle Frenchtrésvery
4Old Frenchtrésa lot; much
5Latintrāns—
6LatinPadus—
7LeponticBodincus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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