Etymology

forth-

Today it means: forth, forward, away. Full definition →

Middle English forth- ← Old English forþ- ← Proto-West Germanic *forþ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*prto-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*furþą“forth, forward”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*forþ
  4. Old English · inherited fromforþ-“forth, forward, further, away, continually”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromforth-
  6. English todayforth-

From Middle English forth-, from Old English forþ- (“forth, forward, further, away, continually”), from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth, forward”), from Proto-Indo-European *prto-. More at forth.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*forþ all →

forth

Proto-Germanic*furþą all →

forthaffordforthcomeforthgoforthward

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