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Where does “deceaseth” come from?

deceaseth (English) comes from English decease, from Old French decés, from Latin dēcessus.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “deceaseth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeceaseDeath, departure from life; To die
2Old Frenchdecés—
3Latindēcessus—
Every word from Latin dēcessus →