Where does “tercjan” come from?

tercjan (Polish) comes from Latin tertianus, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tercjan (Polish): janitor

Definitions

  1. janitor

Ancestry of “tercjan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintertianusbelonging to the third
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 →
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