Where does “3e” come from?

3e (French) comes from French troisième, from French trois, from Middle French troys, from Old French trois, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

3e (French): 3rd

Definitions

  1. 3rd

Ancestry of “3e”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtroisièmethird; third class
2Frenchtroisthree
3Middle Frenchtroysthree
4Old Frenchtroisthree
5Latintrēsthree; 3
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →