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Where does “tertiolus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tertiolus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tertiolus”

  • tiercel
  • tercel
  • terçuel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →