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

thrīce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English thrīe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthrīethree times, thrice; a third time
2Old Englishþreowathree times, thrice
3Proto-West Germanic*þriwō—

via Middle English thrī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthrī—

Words derived from “thrīce”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *þriwō →Every word from Old English þreowa →Every word from Middle English thrīe →