Where does “troisième” come from?

troisième (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.

troisième (French): third; third class

Definitions

  1. third; third class

Ancestry of “troisième”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtroisthree
2Middle Frenchtroysthree
3Old Frenchtroisthree
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “troisième”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →