Where does “tercijaran” come from?

tercijaran (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian tȅrcijār, from German Tertiär, from French tertiaire, from Latin tertiārius, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

tercijaran (Serbo-Croatian): tertiary

Definitions

  1. tertiary

Ancestry of “tercijaran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatiantȅrcijārTertiary
2GermanTertiärtertiary
3Frenchtertiairetertiary
4Latintertiāriuscontaining a third part
5Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
6Latintrēsthree; 3
7Proto-Italictrēsthree
8Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →