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1. Proto-Indo-European*ud-s-?
2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂u-s-?
3. Proto-Germanic*uz-
4. Proto-West Germanic*uʀ-
5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeh₁-
6. Proto-Germanic*gāną
7. Proto-West Germanic*gān
8. Proto-West Germanic*uʀgān
9. Old Englishāgān
10. Middle Englishagon
11. English todayago

From Middle English ago, agon (“passed”), past participle of agon (“to depart, escape, pass”), from Old English āgān (“to go away, pass away, go forth, come to pass”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to a- + gone, and by surface analysis, a- + go. Cognate with German ergehen (“to come to pass, fare, go forth”). Compare also Old Saxon āgangan (“to go or pass by”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usgaggan, “to go forth”).

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