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Where does “perisheth” come from?

perisheth (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.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “perisheth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishperishTo decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing;...
2Middle Englishperishen—
3Old Frenchperirto die; to perish
4Latinpereō—
5Latineō—
6Proto-ItaliceōI go
7Proto-Italicejō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
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