-eth

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

English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• -th

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-əθ/, /ɪθ/

• 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

-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

• -est, -st

See also

• -e (pseudoarchaic)

Etymology 2

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

-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.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -eth

Anagrams

• het, the, EHT, Teh, HET, the-, TEH, teh

Middle English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• -ith

Suffix

-eth

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

Etymology 2

Suffix

-eth

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

Etymology 3

Suffix

-eth

1. Alternative form of -the (ordinal suffix)