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Where does “tois” come from?

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

tois (French): An aphasic placeholder for any number, the...

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  1. An aphasic placeholder for any number, the...

Ancestry of “tois”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtroisthree
2Middle Frenchtroys—
3Old Frenchtroisthree
4Latintrēs—
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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