Where does “trio” come from?

trio (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Italian trio, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trio (Norwegian Nynorsk): trio group of three musicians; piece of music for three instruments

Definitions

  1. trio group of three musicians; piece of music for three instruments

Ancestry of “trio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantriotrio, threesome; trio; travel system
2Latintrēsthree; 3
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →