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Where does “healeth” come from?

healeth (English) comes from English heal, from English Hale, from Middle English hālen, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen, from Old Dutch halōn, from Proto-West Germanic halōn — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “healeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhealTo make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to...
2EnglishHale—
3Middle Englishhālen—
4Old Frenchhalerto pull, haul; to haul, pull
5Dutchhalento fetch, to get; to reach , to catch; to make it
6Middle Dutchhalento drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul
7Old Dutchhalōn—
8Proto-West Germanichalōnto fetch, to get, to haul
9Proto-Germanichalōnąto call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
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