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Where does “makest” come from?

Makest comes from Middle English maken, from Old English macian, from Proto-Indo-European mag-, a root expressing the sense of kneading or fashioning material.

makest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “makest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmakeTo create; To behave, to act; To tend; to...
2Middle EnglishmakeAlternative form of maken; easy
3Middle EnglishmakenTo make or create; to have something made
4Old Englishmacianto make
5Emilianmâcia—
6LatinMacula—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub
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