-eth
Meanings
suffix
- Used to form the third-person singular present indicative of verbs.
- Used broadly with various verb forms for ironic pseudoarchaic or pseudoecclesiastical effect.
suffix
- 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.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle English -eth, -th, -ith, from Old English -eþ, -aþ, -þ, from Proto-Germanic *-þi, *-di, from Proto-Indo-European *-ti.
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