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forth-

forth- prefix: forth, forward, away.

Prefix

forth-

  1. forth, forward, away.

Origin of forth-

From Middle English forth-, from Old English forþ- (“forth, forward, further, away, continually”), from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth, forward”), from Proto-Indo-European *prto-. More at forth.

Questions about forth-

What does forth- mean?
Forth- means forth, forward, away.
What part of speech is forth-?
Forth- is a prefix.

Words near forth- in the dictionary

  1. Fortescues
  2. Forteviot
  3. Fortey
  4. forth
  5. Forth and Bargy
  6. forth-
  7. forth-issuing
  8. forthan
  9. forthbear
  10. forthbearing
  11. forthbears

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