Where does “tref” come from?

tref (Middle French) comes from Old French tref, from Latin trabs, from Indo-European *treb-.

tref (Middle French): tent, temporary hut or other similar building

Definitions

  1. tent, temporary hut or other similar building

Ancestry of “tref”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtrefbeam; mast; tent, temporary hut or other similar...
2Latintrabstimber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis
3Indo-European*treb-—
Every word from Indo-European *treb- →