Where does “infesteth” come from?
infesteth (English) comes from English infest, from Middle English infesten, from Old French infester, from Latin īnfestō, from Latin infestus, from Latin infendo, from Latin fendo, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-.
infesteth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “infesteth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | infest | To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers;... |
| 2 | Middle English | infesten | — |
| 3 | Old French | infester | to infest |
| 4 | Latin | īnfestō | — |
| 5 | Latin | infestus | unsafe, dangerous; hostile, aggressive;... |
| 6 | Latin | infendo | strike |
| 7 | Latin | fendo | I hit; I thrust |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |