Where does “tres” come from?
tres (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese três, from Old Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tres (Kabuverdianu): three
Ancestry of “tres”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | três | three |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | tres | three |
| 3 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |