Where does “pealeth” come from?
pealeth (English) comes from English peal, from Middle English pele, from Middle English apel, from Old French apel, from Old French apeler, from Latin appellō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
pealeth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “pealeth”, step by step
pealeth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English peal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peal | A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as... |
| 2 | Middle English | pele | shovel, peel |
| 3 | Middle English | apel | — |
| 4 | Old French | apel | call |
| 5 | Old French | apeler | to call, to call out |
| 6 | Latin | appellō | to drive or move to |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |