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Where does “tertianus” come from?

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

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Ancestry of “tertianus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tertianus”

  • sesquitertian
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →