Where does “for” come from?
for (Esperanto) comes from English Forth, from English Fourth, from Middle English fourthe, from Middle English ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, from Proto-West Germanic feurþō, from Proto-Germanic fedurþô — fourth.
for (Esperanto): away, far, gone
Ancestry of “for”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Forth | — |
| 2 | English | Fourth | — |
| 3 | Middle English | fourthe | Alternative form of ferthe |
| 4 | Middle English | ferthe | fourth; One of four equal parts of a whole; a... |
| 5 | Old English | fēorþa | fourth |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | feurþō | fourth |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fedurþô | fourth |