-eth

See also eth, Eth, ETH, and eth-

English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-þi, *-di, from Proto-Indo-European *-ti.

Pronunciation

• 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.

Suffix

-eth

1. (archaic) Used to form the third-person singular present tense of verbs.

   goeth, maketh

Usage notes

• This suffix is sometimes used to make mock, nonce verbs in any person, number or tense, but these are often not used in accord with the grammar of the times when such words were in real current use.

Coordinate terms

• -est