Where does “trois” come from?

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

trois (French): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “trois”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtroysthree
2Old Frenchtroisthree
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “trois”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →