Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wenteth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wen-teth
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of wend

Archaic

verb

alternative third-person singular past of go

Example Sentences

Etymology

From went + -eth. Sense 2 is a pseudo-loan from Middle English derived from went + -eth, an incorrect application of the archaic marker of the third-person singular present tense (-eth) to the past tense form of the verb to go.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Phrases

pride wenteth before a fall

Questions

What does wenteth mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of wend
Where does wenteth come from?
From went + -eth. Sense 2 is a pseudo-loan from Middle English derived from went + -eth, an incorrect application of the archaic marker of the third-person singular present tense (-eth) to the past tense form of the verb to go.

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