Where does “submitteth” come from?

submitteth (English) comes from English submit, from Middle English submitten, from Latin submittere, from Latin sub, from Proto-Italic supo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

submitteth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “submitteth”, step by step

submitteth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English submit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubmitTo yield or give way to another; To yield to...
2Middle Englishsubmittensubmit
3Latinsubmitteresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
5Proto-Italicsupounder
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

via English eth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishethA letter introduced into Old English to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-