Where does “tris” come from?

tris (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese três, from Old Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tris (Guinea-Bissau Creole): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “tris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetrêsthree
2Old Portuguesetresthree
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →