Etymology of the English word tercet
the English word
tercetderived from the French word
tercetderived from the Italian word
terzettoderived from the Italian word
terzoderived from the Latin word
tertiusderived from the Classical Latin word
tres (three)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*trei-Date
The earliest known usage of tercet in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
