Where does “trimus” come from?

trimus (Latin) comes from Latin trihiemus, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trimus (Latin): three years; three-year-old

Definitions

  1. three years; three-year-old

Ancestry of “trimus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrihiemus—
2Latintresthree; 3
3EnglishthreeA numerical value after two and before four....
4Middle Englishthrethree
5Old Englishþrīthree
6Proto-West Germanicþrīʀthree
7Proto-Germanicþrīzthree
8Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “trimus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ →
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