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Where does “Τρίτη” come from?

Τρίτη (Greek) comes from Greek τρίτος, from Ancient Greek τρίτος, from Ancient Greek τρι-, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς, from Proto-Hellenic tréyes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Τρίτη (Greek): Tuesday

Definitions

  1. Tuesday

Ancestry of “Τρίτη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekτρίτοςthird
2Ancient Greekτρίτοςthird
3Ancient Greekτρι-tri-
4Ancient Greekτρεῖςthree
5Proto-Hellenictréyesthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →