See also: eth, Eth, ETH, eth-, Eth., , and

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English -eth, -th, -ith, from Old English -eþ, -aþ, , from Proto-Germanic *-þi, *-di, from Proto-Indo-European *-ti.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • There is some evidence that verbs written with this ending in Early Modern English were pronounced as if they ended in -s, which was common in speech before becoming common in writing. Alternatively (or in addition to the former) the Northumbrian dialect of Old English's third-person singular present indicative suffix, -s, may have eventually displaced the -eth suffix.

Suffix edit

-eth

  1. (archaic) Used to form the third-person singular present indicative of verbs.
    Pride goeth before a fall... The good Lord giveth and the good Lord taketh away...
  2. (humorous) Used broadly with various verb forms for ironic pseudoarchaic or pseudoecclesiastical effect.
    Hark, the assistant manager doth emaileth ye... But thou saideth!... Rolling a natural 20, he killedeth the kobolds... Verily, I am shooketh...
Coordinate terms edit

See also edit

  • (pseudoarchaic): -e

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English -th, -eth, -the, -ethe, from Old English -þa, -þe, -oþa, from Proto-Germanic *-þô, *-tô, *-udô, *-dô, from Proto-Indo-European *-tós.

Suffix edit

-eth

  1. used to create ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers ending in -y, namely the multiples of ten (other than ten itself): 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90; e.g. twentieth, thirtieth.

Anagrams edit

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Alternative forms edit

Suffix edit

-eth

  1. Used to form the third-person singular present indicative of verbs.

Etymology 2 edit

Suffix edit

-eth

  1. Alternative form of -the (abstract nominal suffix)

Etymology 3 edit

Suffix edit

-eth

  1. Alternative form of -the (ordinal suffix)