Where does “forsake” come from?
Forsake derives from Middle English forsaken, from Old English forsacan, from Proto-Germanic frasakaną, combining the prefix fra- with a root ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per- and bʰuH-.
forsake (English): To abandon, to give up, to leave , to renounce
Definitions
- To abandon, to give up, to leave , to renounce
Ancestry of “forsake”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | forsaken | to reject, deny |
| 2 | Old English | forsacan | to oppose, give up , renounce; to refuse what is... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *frasakan | — |
Words derived from “forsake”