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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

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