tres (Galician)
Where does "tres" come from?
The Galician word "tres" originates from the Proto-Indo-European root *tréyes, which denoted the number three. This term evolved through Proto-Italic as *trēs before entering Latin as "trēs" and eventually settling into Old Galician-Portuguese. It serves as a direct linguistic cousin to related words in English, Sanskrit, and Greek.
Full etymology tree
- tres (Galician), 'three'
- inherited tres (Old Galician-Portuguese), 'three (3)'
- inherited trēs (Latin), 'three; 3'
- inherited *trēs (Proto-Italic), 'three'
- inherited *trejes (Proto-Italic)
- inherited *tréyes (Proto-Indo-European), 'three'
- inherited *tri-sth₂-o-s (Proto-Indo-European)
- inherited *tréyes (Proto-Indo-European), 'three'
- inherited *trejes (Proto-Italic)
- inherited *trēs (Proto-Italic), 'three'
- inherited trēs (Latin), 'three; 3'
- inherited tres (Old Galician-Portuguese), 'three (3)'
Ancestors
- tres (Old Galician-Portuguese)
- tres (Latin)
- *trēs (Proto-Italic)
- *tréyes (Proto-Indo-European)
Updated July 2026
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