Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*gāną
2 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *gāną, most common first.
- goTo move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)
- woebegoneOf a person: deeply affected or overwhelmed by suffering or trouble, and so filled with woe (“great distress or sadness”); (loosely) forlorn, sad, unhappy.