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Where does “boileth” come from?

boileth (English) comes from English boil, from Middle English bile, from Old English bȳl, from Proto-Germanic būlō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “boileth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboilA localized accumulation of pus in the skin,...
2Middle Englishbile—
3Old Englishbȳl—
4Proto-Germanicbūlōboil; sore
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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