Etymology of the English word three
the English word
threederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*trei-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*thrijizDerivations in English
threepence,
threepenny,
threescoreCognates
Dutch
drie, French
trois, German
drei, Icelandic
Trír, Italian
tre, Latin
tres, Lithuanian
trys, Provençal
trei, Russian
три, Spanish
tres, Swedish
treUsage
Word found in Modern English
