Where does “terna” come from?

terna (Spanish) comes from Latin terni, from Latin ter, from Latin terr, from Old Latin tris, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

terna (Spanish): set of three

Definitions

  1. set of three

Ancestry of “terna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinternithree each; three at a time
2Latinterthrice
3Latinterr
4Old Latintris
5Proto-Italictrēsthree
6Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyesEvery word from Proto-Italic trēsEvery word from Old Latin tris