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Where does “batheth” come from?

batheth (English) comes from English bathe, from Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian, from Proto-West Germanic baþōn, from Proto-Germanic baþōną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- — to foment; warm; bathe.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “batheth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbatheTo clean oneself by immersion in water or using...
2Middle EnglishbathenTo put something or someone in water; To bathe;...
3Old Englishbaþianto bathe
4Proto-West Germanicbaþōnto bathe
5Proto-Germanicbaþōnąto bathe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe
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