Where does “3o” come from?

3o (Spanish) comes from Spanish tercero, from Latin tertiārius, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

3o (Spanish): Alternative form of 3º

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of 3º

Ancestry of “3o”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtercerothird; third party; mediator
2Latintertiāriuscontaining a third part
3Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
4Latintrēsthree; 3
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Italic trēsEvery word from Latin trēs
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