Etymology

trey

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Today it means: A playing card or die with the rank of three. Full definition →

Middle English trey ← Anglo-Norman trei ← Old French treis
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromtreis“three”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtrei
  3. Middle English · inherited fromtrey
  4. English todaytrey

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trey, from Anglo-Norman trei or treis, from Old French treis (“three”). Doublet of three and tres.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishtrey all →

tray

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