Where does “ter” come from?

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

ter (Latin): thrice

Definitions

  1. thrice

Ancestry of “ter”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Old Latin tris →