Where does “conniveth” come from?
conniveth (English) comes from English connive, from French conniver, from Latin coniveo, from Proto-Italic *kom-kneiɣʷēō, from Proto-Italic kneiɣʷēō, from Proto-Indo-European kneygʷʰ- — to tend; incline; lean toward; bend; to bend,...
conniveth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
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- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “conniveth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | connive | "Often followed by" with: to secretly cooperate... |
| 2 | French | conniver | to ignore and thus become complicit in wrongdoing |
| 3 | Latin | coniveo | I close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink; I... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *kom-kneiɣʷēō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kneiɣʷēō | to close the eyes; to blink |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kneygʷʰ- | to tend; incline; lean toward; bend; to bend,... |