Where does “withdraweth” come from?
withdraweth (English) comes from English withdraw, from Middle English withdrawen, from Middle English drawen, from Old English draġan, from Proto-West Germanic dragan, from Proto-Germanic draganą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵ- — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.
withdraweth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
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- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “withdraweth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | withdraw | To pull back, aside, or away; To stop talking... |
| 2 | Middle English | withdrawen | to draw away, draw back |
| 3 | Middle English | drawen | To pull, move or draw away; To draw, push, or... |
| 4 | Old English | draġan | to draw, drag |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | dragan | to haul, to carry |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |