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What is the origin and meaning of Third

The word "third" comes from the Old English word "thridda", which in turn is derived from the Proto-Germanic word "thri". The word "third" has several meanings:

- As an ordinal number, it means the third in a series or sequence. For example, "The third person in line is next to go."

- As a fraction, it means one divided by three. For example, "One-third of the pie is left."

- In music, the third is a musical interval consisting of two whole tones. It is also the name of the third note of a scale, which is always three steps from the tonic (the first note of the scale). For example, in the scale of C major, the third note is E.