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Where does “treye” come from?

treye (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman trei, from Old French treis, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Ancestry of “treye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normantrei—
2Old FrenchtreisAlternative form of trois
3Latintrēs—
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “treye”

  • tray
  • ashtray
  • trey
  • trayful
  • traying
  • undertray
  • traylike
  • traycloth
  • trayless
  • trayline
  • e-tray
  • traybake
  • tray-trip
  • tasktray
  • waste tray
  • traycase
  • traycased
  • トレイ
  • トレー
  • tire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →