Where does “tres” come from?

tres (Papiamentu) comes from Kabuverdianu tres, from Portuguese três, from Old Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tres (Papiamentu): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “tres”, step by step

tres traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kabuverdianu tres

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kabuverdianutresthree
2Portuguesetrêsthree
3Old Portuguesetresthree
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Spanish tres

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtresthree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →