Because the King James version of the Bible dominated English-speaking culture for centuries, and that's how "to go" was conjugated in the third person singular in 1611.
(Proverbs 16:18 "Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.")
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>...before a fall (whu is it spelled "goeth"?)
Because the King James version of the Bible dominated English-speaking culture for centuries, and that's how "to go" was conjugated in the third person singular in 1611.
(Proverbs 16:18 "Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.")