Etymology

fortravel

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Today it means: To exhaust with labour; forwork; forswink. Full definition →

Middle English fortravailen
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromfortravailen
  2. English todayfortravel

From Middle English fortravailen, equivalent to for- + travel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.