Where does “cometh” come from?
Cometh comes from Old English cymþ, from Proto-Germanic kwimidi and kwemaną, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root gʷem-.
cometh (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “cometh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cometh | — |
| 2 | Old English | cymþ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kwimidi | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kwemaną | to come |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémt | to step, to take a step; to arrive |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |