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
- The ordinal form of the cardinal number three;...
Ancestry of “third”, step by step
Words derived from “third”