Where does “ternus” come from?

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

ternus (Latin): triple, threefold, trinary; three each

Definitions

  1. triple, threefold, trinary; three each

Ancestry of “ternus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ternus”

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