Where does “terno” come from?

terno (Italian) comes from Latin ternus, from Latin ter, from Latin terr, from Old Latin tris, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

terno (Italian): three winning numbers; ternion

Definitions

  1. three winning numbers; ternion

Ancestry of “terno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinternustriple, threefold, trinary; three each
2Latinterthrice
3Latinterr—
4Old Latintris—
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Old Latin tris →