Where does “tercera” come from?
tercera (Spanish) comes from Latin tertiārius, from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
tercera (Spanish): feminine singular of tercero; a third
Definitions
- feminine singular of tercero; a third
Ancestry of “tercera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tertiārius | — |
| 2 | Latin | tertius | third, the ordinal number after secundus and... |
| 3 | Latin | trēs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
Words derived from “tercera”