continueth

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *ten-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti

Proto-Italic *tenēō

Latin teneō

Latin contin(eō)

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Italic *-wos

Latin -uus

Latin continuus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin continuō

Old French continuerbor.

Middle English continuen

English continue

Proto-Germanic *-ōþi

Proto-West Germanic *-ōþ

Old English -aþ

Middle English -eth

English -eth

English continueth

From continue + -eth.

Verb

continueth

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of continue
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 14:2:

     He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.