an ending of the third person singular present indicative of verbs, now occurring only in archaic forms or used in solemn or poetic language: doeth or doth; hopeth; sitteth.
English Affixes From A To Z: A One-Stop List Of Suffixes, Prefixes, and Combining FormsIn English, we love to make new words by adding all sorts of bits to the front and back of existing terms. These are called affixes, and they are added to the base or stem of a word. When attached to the end of word, the affix is called a suffix. And to the beginning? A prefix.
Origin of -eth1
Old English -eth, -ath, -oth, -th; akin to Latin -t
Definition for -eth (2 of 2)
variant of -th2, the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth.