Where does “tertiaire” come from?
tertiaire (French) comes from Latin tertiārius, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tertiaire (French): tertiary
Definitions
- tertiary
Ancestry of “tertiaire”, step by step
tertiaire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin tertiārius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | tertiārius | containing a third part |
| 2 | Latin | tertius | third, the ordinal number after secundus and... |
| 3 | Latin | trēs | three; 3 |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
via Medieval Latin tertiarius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | tertiarius | containing a third part; of or pertaining to the... |
| 2 | Latin | -arius | Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |