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Where does “withoutforth” come from?

withoutforth (English) comes from Middle English withouteforth, from Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-Germanic furþą, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥to-.

withoutforth (English): without; outside; outwardly

Definitions

  1. without; outside; outwardly

Ancestry of “withoutforth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwithouteforth—
2Middle Englishforth—
3Old Englishforþ"expresses the continuation of an action"; out,...
4Proto-Germanicfurþąforward
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥to-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥to- →