Where does “floggeth” come from?
floggeth (English) comes from English flog, from English Blog, from English weblog, from English log, from Middle English logge, from Old French loge, from Latin laubĭa, from Frankish laubijā — dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...
floggeth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “floggeth”, step by step
floggeth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flog | To whip or scourge someone or something as... |
| 2 | English | Blog | A cocktail or punch served at science fiction... |
| 3 | English | weblog | A website in the form of an ongoing journal |
| 4 | English | log | The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches;... |
| 5 | Middle English | logge | large long stick, staff, pole, log |
| 6 | Old French | loge | arbor, covered walk-way; arbour, covered walk-way |
| 7 | Latin | laubĭa | penthouse, gallery, arcade, portico, lodge |
| 8 | Frankish | laubijā | shelter; arbour; shelter, arbour; arbour, shelter |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | laub | leaf; foliage |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | laubą | leaf |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |