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Where does “deferreth” come from?

deferreth (English) comes from English defer, from Middle English differren, from Middle French déférer, from Latin dēferō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “deferreth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeferTo delay or postpone; After winning the opening...
2Middle EnglishdifferrenTo postpone or defer; to do later than was...
3Middle Frenchdéférer—
4Latindēferō—
5Latindē-—
6Latindē—
7Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
8Latinposteablative singular of postis
9Proto-Italicposti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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