Where does “encroacheth” come from?

encroacheth (English) comes from English encroach, from Middle English encrochen, from Old French encrochier, from Old French ier, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési — day.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “encroacheth”, step by step

encroacheth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English encroach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishencroachto seize, appropriate; to intrude unrightfully on...
2Middle Englishencrochen
3Old Frenchencrochierto hook
4Old Frenchieryesterday
5Latinherīyesterday
6Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
7Proto-Italichezī
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day

via English eth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishethA letter introduced into Old English to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ-
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