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

  1. feminine singular of tiers; third; terce

Ancestry of “tierce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchtierceAlternative form of tiers
2Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “tierce”

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