Where does “payeth” come from?

payeth (English) comes from English pay, from Middle English payen, from Old French paiier, from Medieval Latin pacare, from Latin pācāre, from Latin pāx, from Proto-Italic pāks, from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-s — to join, to attach; agreement, settlement.

payeth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “payeth”, step by step

payeth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpayTo give money or other compensation to in...
2Middle Englishpayenpagan
3Old Frenchpaiierto pay
4Medieval Latinpacareto settle, satisfy; present active infinitive of...
5Latinpācāre
6Latinpāxpeace
7Proto-Italicpākspeace
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂ḱ-speace
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

via English eth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishethA letter introduced into Old English to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European péh₂ḱ-sEvery word from Proto-Italic pāks