Etymology

tercine

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Today it means: A cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac. Full definition →

French tercine ← Latin tertius
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtertius“the third”
  2. French · borrowed fromtercine
  3. English todaytercine

Borrowed from French tercine, from Latin tertius (“the third”).

Words from the same roots

Latintertius all →

tercel gentletert-terti-tertialterzettotiercel

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