Where does “ternarius” come from?

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

ternarius (Latin): Containing or consisting of three things; ternary

Definitions

  1. Containing or consisting of three things; ternary

Ancestry of “ternarius”, step by step

ternarius traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin terni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinternithree each; three at a time
2Latinterthrice
3Latinterr—
4Old Latintris—
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Latin ternus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinternustriple, threefold, trinary; three each
2Latin-nus-an
3Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “ternarius”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →