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

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

Ancestry of “seemeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-eth"goeth, "playeth; used to create ordinal numbers...
2Middle English-ethUsed to form the third-person singular present...
3Old English-eþThird person singular present indicative ending of class 1 weak verbs
4Proto-Germanic-þi
5Proto-Indo-European-ti

Words derived from “seemeth

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ti