Where does “tiercement” come from?

tiercement (Old French) comes from Old French tierce, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tiercement (Old French): thirdly

Definitions

  1. thirdly

Ancestry of “tiercement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchtierceAlternative form of tiers
2Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
3Latintrēsthree; 3
4Proto-Italictrēsthree
5Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →