Where does “usurpeth” come from?
usurpeth (English) comes from English usurp, from French usurper, from German usurpieren, from Spanish usurpar, from Portuguese usurpar, from Italian usurpare, from Latin ūsurpō, from Latin ūsus — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
usurpeth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “usurpeth”, step by step
usurpeth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English usurp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | usurp | To seize power from another, usually by... |
| 2 | French | usurper | to usurp |
| 3 | German | usurpieren | to usurp |
| 4 | Spanish | usurpar | to usurp |
| 5 | Portuguese | usurpar | to usurp |
| 6 | Italian | usurpare | to usurp, to take over |
| 7 | Latin | ūsurpō | to use, take into use, make use of, employ, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy; perform, execute |
| 8 | Latin | ūsus | use, employment, exercise, advantage |
| 9 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 12 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via English eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |