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Where does “terco” come from?

terco (Spanish) comes from Latin tertius, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

terco (Spanish): stubborn, obstinate

Definitions

  1. stubborn, obstinate

Ancestry of “terco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintertiusthird, the ordinal number after secundus and...
2Latintrēs—
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

Words derived from “terco”

  • terquedad
  • entercarse
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