Where does “terzi” come from?

terzi (Italian) comes from Italian terzo, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

terzi (Italian): plural of terzo; others

Definitions

  1. plural of terzo; others

Ancestry of “terzi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianterzothird; uninvolved, neutral, third-party; others
2Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
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 →