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
Ancestry of “treu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | treu | — |
| 2 | Old French | tref | beam; mast; tent, temporary hut or other similar... |
| 3 | Latin | trabs | timber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis |
| 4 | Indo-European | *treb- | — |