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

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

Ancestry of “followeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-eth"goeth, "playeth; used to create ordinal numbers...
2Middle English-ethUsed to form the third-person singular present...
3Old English-eþThird person singular present indicative ending of class 1 weak verbs
4Proto-Germanic-þi
5Proto-Indo-European-ti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ti
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