fourth etymology

Etymology:

Fourth (adj.) comes from Old English feorða, from Proto-Germanic *feurðô, from Proto-Indo-European ***kʷetwórtós**, meaning "fourth."

Meaning:

1. Being the number that comes after third and before fifth.
2. The fourth in a series, sequence, or group.

Origin:

The word fourth has its roots in Proto-Indo-European and has cognates in many Indo-European languages, including:

• Sanskrit: चतुर्थ (caturtha)
• Greek: τέταρτος (tetartos)
• Latin: quartus
• Old Norse: fjórði
• German: vierter
• Dutch: vierde

fourth relate terms

• four

  Etymology The word four comes from the Proto Indo European root kʷetwer which also

• fifth

  Etymology Old English fīfta Proto Germanic fīfþō Proto Indo European pénkʷe M

• fourth

  Etymology Fourth adj comes from Old English feorða from Proto Germanic feurðô f

• quarter

  Etymology The word quarter has several etymological roots Latin quartus meaning

• quaternary

  Etymology From Latin quaternārius meaning consisting of four Meaning Consistin

• quart

  Etymology The word quart comes from the Old French quarte which means the fourth pa

• quartan

  Etymology Latin quartus fourth Meaning Relating to something that occurs or rec

• farthing

  Etymology Middle English ferthyng ferthing Old English feorðing Old Saxon fiorðun

• rank

  Etymology Origin Greek etymon true sense logy study of Meaning The study of

• interval

  Etymology The word interval comes from the Latin word intervallum which is composed