Where does “treu” come from?

treu (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese treu, from Old French tref, from Latin trabs, from Indo-European *treb-.

treu (Galician): set of sails; a sail

Definitions

  1. set of sails; a sail

Ancestry of “treu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetreu
2Old Frenchtrefbeam; mast; tent, temporary hut or other similar...
3Latintrabstimber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis
4Indo-European*treb-
Every word from Indo-European *treb-Every word from Latin trabsEvery word from Old French tref
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