Where does “seemeth” come from?
Seemeth derives from Middle English -th attached to a verb form ultimately from Latin semen meaning seed, traced to Proto-Indo-European sem- relating to sowing or scattering.
seemeth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “seemeth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | -eth | "goeth, "playeth; used to create ordinal numbers... |
| 2 | Middle English | -eth | Used to form the third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old English | -eþ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -þi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ti | — |
Words derived from “seemeth”