tertian etymology

Etymology:

• From Latin tertianus, literally "of the third day" (from tertius, "third").

Meaning:

• Occurring or done every third day.

Origin:

• The term "tertian" originally referred to intermittent fevers that recurred every third day, such as malaria.
• The term was first used in medical contexts to describe the periodicity of fever attacks in the third century CE by the Greek physician Galen.
• It was later adopted into English in the 16th century.

tertian relate terms

• bissextile

  Etymology Latin bissextus meaning twice the sixth Meaning An intercalary day

• nones

  Etymology Middle English non not from Old English nan not of uncertain origin

• nine

  Origin Old English nigon from Proto West Germanic newun from Proto Germanic newu

• noon

  Etymology The word noon comes from the Old English word nōn meaning the ninth hou

• nonce

  Etymology Middle English from Old French nonce from Latin nunc meaning now Meani