Where does “foran” come from?
foran (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto fora, from Esperanto for, from English Forth, from English Fourth, from Middle English fourthe, from Middle English ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, from Proto-West Germanic feurþō — fourth.
foran (Esperanto): accusative singular of fora
Definitions
- accusative singular of fora
Ancestry of “foran”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | fora | far, distant |
| 2 | Esperanto | for | away, far, gone |
| 3 | English | Forth | — |
| 4 | English | Fourth | — |
| 5 | Middle English | fourthe | Alternative form of ferthe |
| 6 | Middle English | ferthe | fourth; One of four equal parts of a whole; a... |
| 7 | Old English | fēorþa | fourth |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | feurþō | fourth |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | fedurþô | fourth |