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Where does “treasurest” come from?

treasurest (English) comes from English treasure, from Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor, from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

treasurest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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Ancestry of “treasurest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtreasureA collection of valuable things; accumulated...
2Middle Englishtresour—
3Old Frenchtresortreasure
4Latinthēsaurus—
5Ancient Greekθησαυρόςtreasure; vault, repository, chest
6Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
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