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 trabs →Every word from Old French tref →