English Explanatory Dictionary

forthgo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To go forth; proceed.

Word forms

forthgo forthgoes forthgoing forthwent forthgone

Etymology

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”).

Derived words

forthgoing
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