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Where does “impaireth” come from?

impaireth (English) comes from English impair, from Middle English impairen, from Old French empoirier, from Vulgar Latin impeioro, from Latin pēior, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον — small animal”; small animal.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “impaireth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishimpairTo weaken; to affect negatively; to have a...
2Middle Englishimpairen—
3Old Frenchempoirierto worsen
4Vulgar Latinimpeioro—
5Latinpēior—
6Latinmalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;...
7Ancient Greekμηλέα—
8Ancient Greekμῆλονapple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast
9Proto-Indo-European(s)meh₁l-small animal”; small animal
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