Where does “terceiro” come from?

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

terceiro (Portuguese): third

Definitions

  1. third

Ancestry of “terceiro”, step by step

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

Words derived from “terceiro”

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