Where does “Sterna” come from?
Sterna (Translingual) comes from New Latin sterna, from English Stern, from English tern, from Middle English terne, from Old French terne, from Latin ternas, from Latin terni, from Latin ter.
Sterna (Translingual): genus, Sternula, and Thalasseus}}
Definitions
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Ancestry of “Sterna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | sterna | — |
| 2 | English | Stern | Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner |
| 3 | English | tern | Any of various sea birds of the family Sternidae... |
| 4 | Middle English | terne | — |
| 5 | Old French | terne | dull, dim |
| 6 | Latin | ternas | accusative feminine plural of terni |
| 7 | Latin | terni | three each; three at a time |
| 8 | Latin | ter | thrice |
| 9 | Latin | terr | — |
| 10 | Old Latin | tris | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |