Where does “thrīce” come from?
thrīce (Middle English) comes from Middle English thrīe, from Old English þreowa, from Proto-West Germanic *þriwō.
Ancestry of “thrīce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | thrīe | three times, thrice; a third time |
| 2 | Old English | þreowa | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *þriwō | — |
Words derived from “thrīce”