Where does “tierce” come from?
tierce (French) comes from Old French tierce, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tierce (French): feminine singular of tiers; third; terce
Definitions
- feminine singular of tiers; third; terce
Ancestry of “tierce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | tierce | Alternative form of tiers |
| 2 | Latin | tertius | third, the ordinal number after secundus and... |
| 3 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |