Etymology Explorer › EnglishWhere does “sitteth” come from? Sitteth comes from Middle English sitten, Old English sittan, and Proto-Germanic sitjaną, tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European root sed- meaning to sit or settle.
sitteth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions third-person singular simple present indicative... Ancestry of “sitteth”, 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 Third person singular present indicative ending of class 1 weak verbs 4 Proto-Germanic -þi — 5 Proto-Indo-European -ti —