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Tertiary

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means third in order, rank, or importance
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Stage 1 of 2
tertiarius
Latin · ancient
"of the third rank"
of the third rank, from tertius (third)
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Stage 2 of 2
tertiary
English · 1650s
"third in importance, order, or sequence"
settled as the English word for something third in importance or order
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