Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tercio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: ter-cio
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.

noun

A mutually supportive infantry formation made up of pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *tritós Proto-Italic *tritios Latin tertiusbor. Spanish terciobor. English tercio Borrowed from Spanish tercio.

Inflected Forms

tercios (plural)

Questions

What does tercio mean?: Any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.
Where does tercio come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *tritós Proto-Italic *tritios Latin tertiusbor. Spanish terciobor. English tercio Borrowed from Spanish tercio.

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