Etymology

hangeth

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Middle English hangeth ← Old English hangaþ ← Proto-Germanic *hangōþi
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hangōþi
  2. Old English · inherited fromhangaþ
  3. Middle English · inherited fromhangeth
  4. English todayhangeth

From Middle English hangeth, hongeth, from Old English hangaþ, hongaþ (“hangeth; hangs”, verb), from Proto-Germanic *hangōþi, equivalent to hang + -eth (archaic third-person singular present tense suffix).

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