forthgo
English
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 *furþa- (“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”).
Verb
forthgo (third-person singular simple present forthgoes, present participle forthgoing, simple past forthwent, past participle forthgone)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To go forth; proceed.
Derived terms
- forthgoing
Anagrams
- Goforth, go forth