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Where does “proclaimeth” come from?

proclaimeth (English) comes from English proclaim, from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “proclaimeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishproclaimTo announce or declare
2Old Frenchproclamerto proclaim; to declare
3Latinprōclāmō—
4Latinprō-—
5Proto-Italic*pro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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