forthgo

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verb

To go forth; proceed.

OriginMiddle English forthgon ← Old English forþgān ← Proto-Germanic *furþą →
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Meanings

verbforthgo (third-person singular simple present forthgoes, present participle forthgoing, simple past forthwent, past participle forthgone)

present singular third person forthgoes · participle present forthgoing · past forthwent · participle past forthgone

  1. archaicintransitiveTo go forth; proceed.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
go onproceed

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*furþą“forth”
  2. Old Englishforþgān“to go forth, advance, proceed, pass by, go away, go on, precede, succeed”
  3. Middle Englishforthgon
  4. Englishforthgo

From Middle English forthgon, forthgan, from Old English forþgān (“to go forth, advance, proceed, pass by, go away, go on, precede, succeed”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to forth- + go. Cognate with Dutch voortgaan (“to continue, proceed, go ahead”), German fortgehen (“to go away, leave, depart, blin”), Swedish fortgå (“to continue, go on, proceed”).

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