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forthgo

forthgo verb: to go forth; proceed.

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To go forth; proceed.

Forms of forthgo

third-person singular presentforthgoes
present participleforthgoing
pastforthwent
past participleforthgone

Origin of forthgo

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”).

Words formed from forthgo

Questions about forthgo

What does forthgo mean?
Forthgo means to go forth; proceed.
What part of speech is forthgo?
Forthgo is a verb.
What is the past tense of forthgo?
The past tense of forthgo is forthwent.

Words near forthgo in the dictionary

  1. forthgaze
  2. forthgazed
  3. forthgazes
  4. forthgazing
  5. forthgive
  6. forthgo
  7. forthgoer
  8. forthgoers
  9. forthgoing
  10. forthgoings
  11. forthink

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