Trio
/ˈtriː.oʊ/noun
A group or set of three people or things, especially musicians performing together.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Latin *trēs* “three,” the same root behind *triangle*, *triple*, and *trinity*, a number long treated as symbolically powerful in religion and magic.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tréyes
“three”
Latin
Latin
trēs
“three”
Late Latin
Latin
trio
“a set of three; a group of three”
Old French
Old French
trio
“a group of three”
Modern English
English
trio
“a group of three performers, people, or things”