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Where does “trēs” come from?

trēs (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trēs (Proto-Italic): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “trēs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “trēs”

  • distribution
  • contribution
  • contribute
  • tribes
  • attribute
  • tribe
  • tribal
  • triangle
  • contributing
  • tribute
  • trivial
  • tribunal
  • distribute
  • triple
  • trench
  • attributable
  • retribution
  • redistribution
  • Trinidad
  • attribution
  • tributary
  • distributor
  • trimester
  • treble
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