Where does “listeth” come from?

Listeth comes from Middle English list, derived from Proto-Germanic līstǭ, which traces to Proto-Indo-European leizd, ultimately rooted in the Proto-Indo-European verbal root lewk-.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “listeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishListA strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth
2Frenchlistelist
3Germanlīstelist
4Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5Old High Germanlīsta—
6Proto-Germaniclīstōn—
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