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Where does “troes” come from?

troes (Walloon) comes from Old French troy, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

troes (Walloon): three

Definitions

  1. three

Ancestry of “troes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtroythree
2Latintrēs—
3Proto-Italictrēsthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes →