tercio.
Any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.
Meaning & usage
Any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.
A mutually supportive infantry formation made up of pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers.
Where this word comes 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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