Etymology

forshake

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Today it means: To shake off; rid or free oneself from. Full definition →

Middle English forschaken
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromforschaken
  2. English todayforshake

From Middle English forschaken, equivalent to for- + shake. Likely influenced by or mistaken as an error for forsake.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.