Where does “fourthe” come from?

fourthe (Middle English) comes from Middle English ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, from Proto-West Germanic feurþō, from Proto-Germanic fedurþô — fourth.

fourthe (Middle English): Alternative form of ferthe

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of ferthe

Ancestry of “fourthe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fourthe”

Every word from Proto-Germanic fedurþô →