Etymology Explorer › Latin

Where does “ternas” come from?

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

ternas (Latin): accusative feminine plural of terni

Definitions

  1. accusative feminine plural of terni

Ancestry of “ternas”, step by step

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