Etymograph

English

IIIIth

IIIIth comes from Middle English ferthe ‘fourth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres ‘four’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwóres‘four’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwr̥tós‘fourth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fedurþô‘fourth’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*feurþō‘fourth’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150fēorþa‘fourth’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fertheas IIIIth‘fourth’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1513IIIIth

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwóres‘four’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷetwr̥tós‘fourth’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fedurþô‘fourth’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*feurþō‘fourth’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150fēorþa‘fourth’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fertheas IIIIth‘fourth’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1513IIIIth

Earliest quotation: 1513, Rolls of Parliament: “One of the Daughters of King Edward the IIIIth,[…]iiiith…”

Formed from IIII + -th

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres ‘four’

quarry, cater, kern, quatre, carillon, quire, cuatro, tetrad, quatrain, 18 more

through Old English fēorþa ‘fourth’

fourth, farthing, ferd

Today it means

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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres / IIIIth

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