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
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “listeth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | List | — |
| 2 | French | liste | list |
| 3 | German | līste | — |
| 4 | Italian | lista | list, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of... |
| 5 | Old High German | līsta | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līstōn | — |