English
ternion
Ternion comes from Latin ternio ‘the number three on a die’, and goes back to terni.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEterni‘three each’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEternio‘the number three on a die’
- Englishearliest quotation 1651ternion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEterni‘three each’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEternio‘the number three on a die’
- Englishearliest quotation 1651ternion
Earliest quotation: 1651, Joseph Hall: “disposing them into ternions of three general hierarchies”.
Linked words
through Latin terni ‘three each’
Today it means
noun A group of three things together; a ternary, triplet or triad.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin terni / ternion