- Third World (n.)
[Third World 词源字典]
- 1963, from French tiers monde, formulated 1952 by French economic historian Alfred Sauvy (1898-1990) on model of the third estate (French tiers état) of Revolutionary France; his first world (The West) and second world (the Soviet bloc) never caught on.[Third World etymology, Third World origin, 英语词源]