Where does “terceiras” come from?

terceiras (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese terceiro, from Old Portuguese terçeiro, from Latin tertiārius, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

terceiras (Portuguese): feminine plural of terceiro

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of terceiro

Ancestry of “terceiras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseterceirothird
2Old Portugueseterçeiro—
3Latintertiāriuscontaining a third part
4Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
5Latintrēsthree; 3
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “terceiras”

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