Etymology

forgotten

for·got·ten
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Today it means: Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered. Full definition →

Middle English foryoten ← Old English forġeten ← Proto-West Germanic *fragetan
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*fragetan
  2. Old English · inherited fromforġeten
  3. Middle English · inherited fromforyoten
  4. English todayforgotten

From Middle English foryoten, from Old English forġeten, from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan. By surface analysis, forgot + -en.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*fragetan all →

forget

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