Where does “tertius” come from?
tertius (Latin) comes from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tertius (Latin): third, the ordinal number after secundus and...
Definitions
- third, the ordinal number after secundus and...
Ancestry of “tertius”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “tertius”