Where does “keeps” come from?
keeps (English) comes from English keep, from Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan, from Proto-West Germanic *kōpijan, from Proto-Germanic kōpijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵab-.
keeps (English): plural of keep; keeping; Third-person singular...
Definitions
- plural of keep; keeping; Third-person singular...
Ancestry of “keeps”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | keep | To continue in ; not to intermit or fall from; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | kepen | to keep, guard, look after, watch |
| 3 | Old English | cēpan | to seize, hold, observe |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kōpijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kōpijaną | to look after, observe; to watch, keep, care for |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵab- | — |