Where does “trio” come from?

trio (Norman) comes from English trio, from French trio, from Italian trio, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trio (Norman): trio

Definitions

  1. trio

Ancestry of “trio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrioA group of three people or things; A group of...
2Frenchtriotrio; Tiriyó
3Italiantriotrio, threesome; trio; travel system
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →