Where does “twothirds” come from?
Two-thirds comes from English two and English third, which derives from Middle English thridde, Old English þridda, Proto-Germanic twai, and Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ and tréyes.
twothirds (English): Two thirds; the amount or proportion...
Definitions
- Two thirds; the amount or proportion...
Ancestry of “twothirds”, 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 |