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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

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

Ancestry of “usurpeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishusurpTo seize power from another, usually by...
2Frenchusurperto usurp
3Germanusurpierento usurp
4Spanishusurparto usurp
5Portugueseusurparto usurp
6Italianusurpareto usurp, to take over
7Latinūsurpō—
8Latinūsus—
9Latinūtor—
10Proto-Slavic*ǫtorъ—
11Proto-Slavictorъ—
12Proto-Slavictertito rub, to scrape; to polish
13Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
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