Where does “third” come from?

Third comes from Middle English thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic þridjô, from Proto-Indo-European tretyós, itself a derivative of tréyes meaning "three."

third (English): The ordinal form of the cardinal number three;...

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three;...

Ancestry of “third”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthirde
2Old Englishþriddathird
3Proto-West Germanic*þriddjōthird
4Proto-Germanicþridjôthird
5Proto-Indo-Europeantretyós
6Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥tyósthird
7Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree

Words derived from “third

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tréyes