Where does “perishest” come from?
perishest (English) comes from English perish, from Middle English perishen, from Old French perir, from Latin pereō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.
perishest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...
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- second-person singular simple present form of...
Ancestry of “perishest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | perish | To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing;... |
| 2 | Middle English | perishen | — |
| 3 | Old French | perir | to die; to perish |
| 4 | Latin | pereō | — |
| 5 | Latin | eō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |