Where does “tergeminus” come from?

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

tergeminus (Latin): triplet

Definitions

  1. triplet

Ancestry of “tergeminus”, step by step

tergeminus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ter

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

via Latin Geminus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinGeminustwinborn, twin
2Latingeminustwin; double, paired; a twin
3Proto-Italicjemanos—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanyemH-twin

Words derived from “tergeminus”

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