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Where does “eliciteth” come from?

eliciteth (English) comes from English elicit, from Latin elicitus, from Latin elicio, from Latin laciō, from Proto-Italic lakjō — to draw, pull.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “eliciteth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishelicitTo evoke, educe ; to generate, obtain, or provoke...
2Latinelicitusenticed, elicited, coaxed
3LatinelicioI draw or pull out or forth; I entice, elicit,...
4Latinlaciō—
5Proto-Italiclakjōto draw, pull
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