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Where does “-th” come from?

-th (English) comes from Middle English -eth, from Old English -eþ, from Proto-Germanic -þi, from Proto-Indo-European -ti.

-th (English): Used to form nouns from verbs of action; Used to...

Definitions

  1. Used to form nouns from verbs of action; Used to...

Ancestry of “-th”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-ethUsed to form the third-person singular present...
2Old English-eþ—
3Proto-Germanic-þi—
4Proto-Indo-European-ti—

Words derived from “-th”

  • growth
  • width
  • bandwidth
  • ith
  • hundredth
  • undergrowth
  • outgrowth
  • thousandth
  • overgrowth
  • millionth
  • jth
  • regrowth
  • kth
  • linewidth
  • umpteenth
  • ingrowth
  • mth
  • lth
  • zeroth
  • billionth
  • beamwidth
  • intergrowth
  • trillionth
  • upgrowth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ti →