Where does “fourth” come from?

Fourth descends from Middle English fourthe and ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, from Proto-Germanic fedurþô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwṓr, the root for the number four.

fourth (English): The ordinal form of the number four; The person...

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the number four; The person...

Ancestry of “fourth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfourtheAlternative form of ferthe
2Middle Englishferthefourth; One of four equal parts of a whole; a...
3Old Englishfēorþafourth
4Proto-West Germanicfeurþōfourth
5Proto-Germanicfedurþôfourth

Words derived from “fourth”

Every word from Proto-Germanic fedurþô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic feurþō →Every word from Old English fēorþa →