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Where does “inhabiteth” come from?

inhabiteth (English) comes from English inhabit, from Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabito, from Latin habitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “inhabiteth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinhabitTo live or reside in; To be present in; to occupy
2Old Frenchenhabiterto inhabit; to live in; to reside in
3LatininhabitoI dwell in, occupy or inhabit; I wear
4Latinhabitō—
5Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
6Latin-tō—
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus—
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →