Etymology

third

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Today it means: The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second. Full definition →

Middle English thirde ← Old English þridda ← Proto-Germanic *þridjô
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*tr̥tyós
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þridjô
  3. Old English · inherited fromþridda
  4. Middle English · inherited fromthirde
  5. English todaythird

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*þridjô all →

riding

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