-eth

¹

1. 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.

-eth

²

1. variant of -th ², the ordinal suffix, used when the cardinal number ends in -y: twentieth; thirtieth.

eth

³

or edh

[ eth ]

noun

1. a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.

Eth.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Ethiopia.

ETH

¹

abbreviation for

1. Ethiopia (international car registration)

-eth

²

suffix

1. forming the archaic third person singular present indicative tense of verbs

   goeth

   taketh

eth

³

/ ɛð; ɛθ /

noun

1. a variant of edh

Eth.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Ethiopia(n)

-eth

⁵

suffix forming ordinal numbers

1. a variant of -th 2

   twentieth

Word History and Origins

Origin of -eth¹

From Old English -eth, -ath, -oth, -th; akin to Latin -t

Word History and Origins

Origin of -eth¹

Old English -eth, -th

Example Sentences

Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on epigenetics.

From Science Daily

Researchers at ETH Zurich have now been able to show that this is all down to epigenetics.

From Science Daily

The ETH Zurich researchers analysed fat tissue biopsies from formerly overweight people who had undergone stomach reduction or gastric bypass surgery.

From Science Daily

With their work, the ETH researchers have shown for the first time that fat cells possess an epigenetic memory of obesity.

From Science Daily

“It’s just this cute little project which became much bigger than we expected,” said Florian Kogelbauer, an author on the paper and a mechanical engineering professor at the public university ETH Zürich.

From Los Angeles Times