Where does “ter” come from?

ter (French) comes from Latin ter, from Latin terr, from Old Latin tris, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

ter (French): b; designating a third house with the same number

Definitions

  1. b; designating a third house with the same number

Ancestry of “ter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinterthrice
2Latinterr—
3Old Latintris—
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “ter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Old Latin tris →