Where does “tertia” come from?

tertia (Latin) comes from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tertia (Latin): nominative feminine singular of tertius;...

Definitions

  1. nominative feminine singular of tertius;...

Ancestry of “tertia”, step by step

tertia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tertius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
2Latintrēsthree; 3
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Latin [[tertius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin[[tertius—

Words derived from “tertia”

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