Where does “tres-” come from?

tres- (Middle French) comes from Old French tres-, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

tres- (Middle French): an intensifying prefix that doesn't change the...

Definitions

  1. an intensifying prefix that doesn't change the...

Ancestry of “tres-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtres-trans-; an intensifying prefix that doesn't...
2Latintrānsacross, beyond
3LatinPadusthe River Po
4LeponticBodincus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “tres-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn →