forthward

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adverb

Forward.

OriginMiddle English forthward ← Old English forþweard ← Proto-Germanic *furþą →
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Meanings

adverbforthward (comparative more forthward, superlative most forthward)

comparative more forthward · superlative most forthward

  1. obsoleteForward.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*furþą“forth-”
  2. Old Englishforþweard“forward, tending forward, continual”
  3. Middle Englishforthward
  4. Englishforthward

From Middle English forthward, forthwardes, from Old English forþweard (“forward, tending forward, continual”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to forth- + -ward. Cognate with Old Saxon forþwerd, forþwerdes, forþwardes (“forthward”).

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APA

forthward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthward

MLA

“forthward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthward. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forthward,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forthward.

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