Threeness
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons (personae) of the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit; Trinity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *Threnesse inherited from Old English Þrynnes, Þrȳnes affix from English three.
Origin
English
three
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Three Amigos English
- Threefish English
- thirty English
- three English
- three-fisted English
- three-headed English
- three-pointer English
- three-tiered English
- threefin English
- threefold English
- threeish English
- threeling English
- threeness English
- threepence English
- threepenny English
- threeplex English
- threescore English
- threeside English
- threesies English
- threesome English
- threeteen English
- threeth English
- threeway English
- trēs Latin
- drie Dutch, Flemish
- trois French
- *tréyes Proto-Indo-European
- スリー Japanese
- Þrynnes Old English
- Þrȳnes Old English
- *Threnesse Middle English
- thre Middle English
- tri Esperanto
- tri Tok Pisin
- tri Fanagalo
- tri Torres Strait Creole
- tri Nigerian Pidgin
- tri Samoan Plantation Pidgin