forthgo

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forthgo

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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”).

verb forthgoes · forthgoing · forthwent · forthgone

archaic, intransitive To go forth; proceed.

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@misc{forthgo_2026,
  title = {forthgo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forthgo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}