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Where does “tersa” come from?

tersa (Ladin) comes from Ladin terz, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tersa (Ladin): feminine singular of terz

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of terz

Ancestry of “tersa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ladinterzthird
2Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
3Latintrēs—
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
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