Etymology

fordone

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Today it means: Exhausted; overcome; worn out. Full definition →

Middle English fordon ← Old English fordōn ← Proto-Germanic *fradōnaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*fradōnaz
  2. Old English · inherited fromfordōn
  3. Middle English · inherited fromfordon
  4. English todayfordone

From Middle English fordon, from Old English fordōn, from Proto-Germanic *fradōnaz, past participle of *fradōną (“to fordo; do away with”), equivalent to for- + done. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ferdäin, Dutch verdaan, German vertan.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishfordon all →

fordo

Old Englishfordōn all →

fordo

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