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Where does “resteth” come from?

resteth (English) comes from English REST, from English arrest, from Old French arester, from Vulgar Latin arresto, from Latin restō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “resteth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRESTAcronym of representational state transfer
2EnglisharrestA check, stop, an act or instance of arresting...
3Old Frencharesterto stop
4Vulgar LatinarrestoI cause to stop
5Latinrestō—
6Latinrĕ-—
7Latinprōdūcō—
8Latinprō-—
9Proto-Italic*pro-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
12Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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