Etymology

coath

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Today it means: Sickness; disease; pestilence. Full definition →

Middle English cothe ← Old English coþu ← Proto-Germanic *kuþō
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kuþō
  2. Old English · inherited fromcoþu“disease, sickness, pestilence”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcothe
  4. English todaycoath

From Middle English cothe, from Old English coþu (“disease, sickness, pestilence”), from Proto-Germanic *kuþō.

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