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Where does “percheth” come from?

percheth (English) comes from English perch, from Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin pertica, from Proto-Italic pertikā.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “percheth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishperchAny of the three species of spiny-finned...
2Middle Englishpercheperch; A stake, bar or pole, usually running...
3Old Frenchperche—
4Latinperticapole, long staff; measuring rod; rod, the Roman...
5Proto-Italicpertikā—
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