Where does “tooketh” come from?
tooketh (English) comes from English -eth, from Middle English -eth, from Old English -eþ, from Proto-Germanic -þi, from Proto-Indo-European -ti.
tooketh (English): alternative third-person singular past of take
Definitions
- alternative third-person singular past of take
Ancestry of “tooketh”, 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 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -þi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ti | — |