Where does “followeth” come from?
Followeth comes from Middle English folwen, Old English folgian, Proto-Germanic -iþō, and Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-, meaning to go along or move in a direction.
followeth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “followeth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -eth | "goeth, "playeth; used to create ordinal numbers... |
| 2 | Middle English | -eth | Used to form the third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old English | -eþ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -þi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ti | — |