forfare

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*frafaraną
2. Old English · inherited fromforfaran“to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct”
3. Middle English · inherited fromforfaren
4. English todayforfare

From Middle English forfaren, from Old English forfaran (“to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct”), from Proto-Germanic *frafaraną, equivalent to for- + fare. Cognate with Scots forfar (“to go amiss, decay, perish”), Old Frisian forfara (“to die”), German verfahren (“to use up, spend, lose one's way”), Old Danish forfare (“to perish”).

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