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Where does “abasheth” come from?

abasheth (English) comes from English abash, from Middle English abaisen, from Anglo-Norman abaïss, from Middle French abair, from Old French esbaïr, from Medieval Latin *exbadō, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

abasheth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “abasheth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabashTo make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the...
2Middle Englishabaisen—
3Anglo-Normanabaïss—
4Middle Frenchabair—
5Old Frenchesbaïr—
6Medieval Latin*exbadō—
7Latinēx-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
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