English
May the Fourth
From May + fourth.
Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- ‘to be able’
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Proto-Germanic *maganą ‘to be able’
Proto-West Germanic *magan ‘to be able’
Old English magan ‘can’
Middle English magen
English May
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres ‘four’
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Proto-West Germanic *feurþō ‘fourth’
Old English fēorþa ‘fourth’
Middle English ferthe
Middle English fourthe
English fourth
Today it means
noun Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see May, fourth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / May the Fourth