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Where does “trippeth” come from?

trippeth (English) comes from English trip, from Middle English trippen, from Old French triper, from German Tripper.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “trippeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtripa journey; an excursion or jaunt; a stumble or...
2Middle EnglishtrippenTo walk rhythmically or acrobatically, to dance;...
3Old Frenchtriperto hop or dance around, strike with the feet
4GermanTripper—
Every word from German Tripper →