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English word three comes from Proto-Slavic *tríh₂, and later Proto-Germanic *þrīz (Three.)
*tríh₂ (Proto-Slavic)
*tisres (Proto-Indo-European)
*þrīz (Proto-Germanic)
Three.
þreō (Old English)
þri (Old English)
(cardinal) three.
threo (Middle English)
three (English)
(basketball). A person who is three years old.. Anything measuring three units, as length.. The digit/figure 3.. The playing card featuring three pips. (cardinal) A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).. (of a set or group) Having three elements.