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Where does “declaimest” come from?

declaimest (English) comes from English declaim, from Middle French declamer, from Latin dēclāmō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.

declaimest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “declaimest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeclaimTo object to something vociferously; to rail...
2Middle Frenchdeclamer—
3Latindēclāmō—
4Latindē-—
5Latindē—
6Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
7Latinposteablative singular of postis
8Proto-Italicposti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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