Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded. · To divide into three equal parts.
The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
The person or thing in the third position. · One of three equal parts of a whole. · Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox). · An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.
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