Where does “terza” come from?

terza (Italian) comes from Old Portuguese terça, from Latin tertia, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

terza (Italian): feminine singular of terzo; third

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of terzo; third

Ancestry of “terza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseterça—
2Latintertianominative feminine singular of tertius;...
3Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “terza”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →
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