Where does “triste” come from?

triste (Galician) comes from Old Occitan triste, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂s, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

triste (Galician): sad, unhappy

Definitions

  1. sad, unhappy

Ancestry of “triste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitantriste—
2Latintrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
3Proto-Indo-Europeantristh₂sa third party standing, after the two parties to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “triste”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂s →Every word from Latin trīstis →