Where does “tris” come from?

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

tris (Italian): prile; three of a kind; trio

Definitions

  1. prile; three of a kind; trio

Ancestry of “tris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinterthrice
2Latinterr
3Old Latintris
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes

Words derived from “tris

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Italic trēsEvery word from Old Latin tris