Where does “showeth” come from?
Showeth comes from Middle English schewen, from Old English scēawian, ultimately from Proto-Germanic roots related to looking or viewing.
showeth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “showeth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | Third person singular present indicative ending of class 1 weak verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -þi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ti | — |