Where does “tertiarius” come from?

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

tertiarius (Medieval Latin): containing a third part; of or pertaining to the...

Definitions

  1. containing a third part; of or pertaining to the...

Ancestry of “tertiarius”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tertiarius”

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