Where does “terceira feira” come from?

terceira feira (Galician) comes from Latin tertia, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

terceira feira (Galician): Tuesday

Definitions

  1. Tuesday

Ancestry of “terceira feira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintertianominative feminine singular of tertius;...
2Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →