Ternion
/ˈtɜːr.ni.ən/noun
A group or set of three; a triad.
Did you know?Ternion comes from the same Indo-European root that gave Latin words for ‘three’ and ‘third,’ so its meaning is literally built from the oldest human obsession: making power out of threes.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tréyes
“three”
Latin
Latin
terni
“three each, three at a time”
Late Latin
Latin
ternio
“a group of three”
Middle English
English
ternion
“a set or group of three”
Modern English
English
ternion
“a group or set of three; a triad”