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Where does “terso” come from?

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

terso (Venetian): third

Definitions

  1. third

Ancestry of “terso”, step by step

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

Words derived from “terso”

  • tersa
  • terse
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