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Where does “terr” come from?
terr (Latin) comes from Old Latin tris, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Ancestry of “terr”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Latin
tris
—
2
Proto-Italic
trēs
three
3
Proto-Indo-European
*tréyes
—
Words derived from “terr”
stern
Stern
astern
tarn
ternary
sterner
sternness
tern
sternpost
sternmost
ternate
sterned
terne
sternite
sternway
sternwheeler
sternward
ternately
sterncastle
Tersanctus
sternwheel
pseudoternary
ternion
sterndrive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →
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