Where does “Triste” come from?
Triste (Portuguese) comes from Old Occitan triste, from Latin trīstis, from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂s, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
Triste (Portuguese): sad; unhappy; down
Ancestry of “Triste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | triste | — |
| 2 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
Words derived from “Triste”