couldest

couldest

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English could
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Indo-European *-tHós
Proto-Indo-European *-istHos
Proto-Germanic *-istaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ist
Old English -est
Middle English -est
English -est
English couldest

    From could + -est.

    Verb

    couldest

    1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of can

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