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Where does “sublimeth” come from?

sublimeth (English) comes from English sublime, from Middle English sublimen, from Middle French sublimer, from Latin sublimo, from Latin sublimus, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sublimeth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “sublimeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsublimeTo sublimate; To raise on high; To exalt; to...
2Middle Englishsublimen—
3Middle Frenchsublimer—
4LatinsublimoI raise or elevate; I soar; dative/ablative...
5Latinsublimushigh, lofty; eminent, exalted, elevated
6Latinsub-sub-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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