Where does “hath” come from?
Hath comes from Old English hæfþ, from Proto-Germanic haiþī, from Proto-Indo-European kayt-.
hath (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “hath”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | hath | Third-person singular present indicative form of... |
| 2 | Old English | hæfþ | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | habaiþi | has |