Etymology

forlead

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Today it means: To mislead; seduce. Full definition →

Middle English forleden ← Old English forlǣdan ← Proto-West Germanic *fralaidijan
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forlead · verb1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*fralaidijan
  2. Old English · inherited fromforlǣdan“to mislead, seduce; lead off and away”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromforleden
  4. English todayforlead

From Middle English forleden, from Old English forlǣdan (“to mislead, seduce; lead off and away”), from Proto-West Germanic *fralaidijan, equivalent to for- + lead. Cognate with Dutch verleiden (“to seduce, tempt, entice”), German verleiten (“entice, mislead”), Old Saxon farlēdian.

forlead · verb2

From for- (“fore-”) + lead.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishforleden all →

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