Where does “ternura” come from?

ternura (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese terno, from Latin ternus, from Latin ter, from Latin terr, from Old Latin tris, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

ternura (Portuguese): tenderness, affection

Definitions

  1. tenderness, affection

Ancestry of “ternura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseternoaffectionate; gentle, mild; set of three, trio
2Latinternustriple, threefold, trinary; three each
3Latinterthrice
4Latinterr—
5Old Latintris—
6Proto-Italictrēsthree
7Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Old Latin tris →