Proto-Indo-European

*tréyes

‘three’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

27 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes, most familiar first.

• three ← thre ← þrī ← *þrīʀ ← *þrīz
• distribution ← distributio ← distribuere ← tribus ← trēs
• contribute ← contribūtus ← contribuō ← tribuō ← tribus
• tribute ← tribut ← tribut ← tributum ← tribuere
• tribe ← tribu ← tribus ← trēs ← *trēs
• tribal ← tribālis ← tribus ← trēs ← *trēs
• trio ← trēs ← *trēs ← *trejes
• trinity ← trinite ← trinite ← trīnitās ← trīnī
• tribunal ← tribūnus ← tribus ← trēs ← *trēs
• tri
• tribune ← tribun ← tribunus ← tribus ← trēs
• trey ← trei ← trois ← trēs ← *trēs

More words from *tréyes

• tres
• tern
• troika
• triplex
• tribus
• triforium
• tribunate
• thirtyfold
• trime
• triform
• triplicity
• triarian
• tresillo
• tryzub
• tresvigintillion

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tréyes