three times, thrice, on three occasions · 3×, three times as much
köken: Inherited from Old Ruthenian тро́йчи (trójči), from Old East Slavic троичи (troiči), from Proto-Slavic *trojьťi. By surface analysis, три (try) + -чі (-či). Cognate with Belarusian тро́йчы (trójčy). Compare Russian три́жды (tríždy), Old Church Slavonic тришьдꙑ (trišĭdy).
thrice, three times · three as understood symbolically in a cultural context · repeatedly; indefinitely
köken: From earlier terr, from Old Latin *tris, from Proto-Italic *tris, from Proto-Indo-European *trís. Cognate with Ancient Greek τρῐ́ς (trĭ́s, “thrice”).
aile: ternus, teruncius
Ter sēsē attollēns cubitōque adnīxa levāvit,
‘ter voluī prōmittere opem, ter lingua retenta est:
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson ter iam primarius minister Islandiae electus est.