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Where does “crieth” come from?

Crieth comes from Middle English crien, from Old French crier, from Frankish krītan, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root greyd-.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “crieth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcryTo shed tears; to weep; To utter loudly; to call...
2Middle Englishcriento shout; to cry out
3Old Frenchcrierto cry out; to shout
4Vulgar Latincritare—
5LatinquiritoI call upon for help; I scream, shriek; I protest...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwey-to hiss, to whistle, to whisper; to shine, white,...
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