Where does “forgettery” come from?
forgettery (English) comes from English forget, from Middle English forgeten, from Old English forġietan, from Proto-West Germanic fragetan, from Proto-West Germanic fra-, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
forgettery (English): A poor memory that is inclined to forget things
Definitions
- A poor memory that is inclined to forget things
Ancestry of “forgettery”, step by step
forgettery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English forget
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | forget | To lose remembrance of; To unintentionally not... |
| 2 | Middle English | forgeten | — |
| 3 | Old English | forġietan | to forget |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fragetan | to lose hold of; to forget |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fra- | forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or "off... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English memory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | memory | The ability of the brain to record information or... |
| 2 | Old French | memoire | memory |
| 3 | Latin | memoria | memory; the ability to remember; a remembrance, a... |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |