Where does “três” come from?

três (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

três (Portuguese): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “três”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetresthree
2Latintrēsthree; 3
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “três”

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