forlese

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*fraleusaną
2. Old English · inherited fromforlēosan“to lose, abandon, let go, destroy, ruin”
3. Middle English · inherited fromforlesen
4. English todayforlese

From Middle English forlesen, from Old English forlēosan (“to lose, abandon, let go, destroy, ruin”), from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną. Equivalent to for- + lese. Cognate with Scots forlore (“to lose”), Dutch verliezen (“to lose”), German verlieren (“to lose”), Swedish förlisa (“to be lost”), Swedish förlora (“to lose”).

Words from the same roots