Where does “trwa” come from?

trwa (Seychellois Creole) comes from French trois, from Middle French troys, from Old French trois, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

trwa (Seychellois Creole): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “trwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtroisthree
2Middle Frenchtroysthree
3Old Frenchtroisthree
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →Every word from Proto-Italic trēs →Every word from Latin trēs →