Where does “thirdly” come from?
Thirdly derives from Middle English -ly, Old English -līċ, and Proto-Germanic galīkaz meaning "like," combined with Proto-Germanic þridjô from Proto-Indo-European tréyes meaning "three" and ḱóm meaning "with."
thirdly (English): In the third place; third in a row
Definitions
- In the third place; third in a row
Ancestry of “thirdly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | third | The ordinal form of the cardinal number three;... |
| 2 | Middle English | thirde | — |
| 3 | Old English | þridda | third |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *þriddjō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þridjô | third |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tretyós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥tyós | third |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tréyes | three |