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Where does “availeth” come from?

Availeth comes from Middle English -th, Old French a, Latin ad, Latin valere meaning "to be strong," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʰeh₁bʰ-.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “availeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishavailTo turn to the advantage of; To be of service to;...
2Middle Englishavailento be of use
3Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
4LatinA—
5Etruscan𐌀—
6Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
7Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
8Egyptian𓃾—
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