forge

forge · noun¹

1. Latin · derived fromfabrica“workshop”
2. Old French · derived fromforge
3. Middle English · inherited fromforge
4. English todayforge

From Middle English forge, from Old French forge, early Old French faverge, from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“workman in hard materials, smith”) (genitive fabri). Cognate with Franco-Provençal favèrge. Doublet of fabric and fabrica. Partially displaced English smithy. * Computing sense perhaps derived from the early SourceForge service, launched in 1999.

forge · verb²

1. Latin · derived fromfabrico“to frame, construct, build”
2. Old French · derived fromforgier
3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromforger
4. Middle English · inherited fromforgen
5. English todayforge

From Middle English forgen, from Anglo-Norman forger and Old French forgier, from Latin fabrico (“to frame, construct, build”). Doublet of fabricate.

forge · verb³

Make way, move ahead, most likely an alteration of force, but perhaps from forge (n.), via notion of steady hammering at something. Originally nautical, in reference to vessels.

Forge · proper noun⁴

1. Old French · derived fromforge“forge, furnace”
2. English todayForge

From Old French forge (“forge, furnace”), a surname for someone who lived near or worked in a forge or smithy.

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