Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “troy” come from?

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

troy (Old French): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “troy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrēs—
2Proto-Italictrēsthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “troy”

  • trais
  • traîsième
  • treis
  • troes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →