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to goeth

to goeth

9.9
An old form of go used in older English writing
  • verb
  • Archaic
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  • He goeth to the market every Saturday to buy fresh produce.

Examples

  • The hero in the story goeth on a great adventure to save the kingdom.

  • In his writings, he often mentioned how time goeth swiftly.

  • Goeth thee.

    Chain Reaction (2006)

How Archaic

to goeth
  • Archaic
9.9
to go
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

goeth infinitive
going present participle
goeth third person singular
went past
gone past participle

Morphology

goeth = go (transparent) = go + eth

The meaning is directly derived from the verb 'go' with the archaic third-person singular ending '-eth', so the semantics are clear though the form is archaic.

Etymology

The word goeth is an old form of go with the ending -eth, and it simply means 'goes' in modern English. A helpful way to remember it is to think of Bible or Shakespeare language where -eth shows 'he/she' doing the action, so 'he goeth' = 'he goes'.