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Where does “appeaseth” come from?

appeaseth (English) comes from English appease, from Middle English apesen, from Old French apeser, from French apaiser, from Old French apaisier, from Old French ier, from Latin herī, from Latin here — day.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “appeaseth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishappeaseTo make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of...
2Middle Englishapesen—
3Old Frenchapeserto pacify, bring to peace
4Frenchapaiserto mollify; to appease, pacify, calm
5Old Frenchapaisierto make less painful
6Old Frenchieryesterday
7Latinherī—
8Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
9Proto-Italichezī—
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
12Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day
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