Where does “tersier” come from?

tersier (Indonesian) comes from Dutch tertiair, from French tertiaire, from Latin tertiārius, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tersier (Indonesian): tertiary

Definitions

  1. tertiary

Ancestry of “tersier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtertiairtertiary
2Frenchtertiairetertiary
3Latintertiāriuscontaining a third part
4Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
5Latintrēsthree; 3
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →