Where does “tres” come from?

tres (Kristang) comes from Portuguese três, from Old Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tres (Kristang): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “tres”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetrêsthree
2Old Portuguesetresthree
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 →