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Where does “foresti” come from?

foresti (Esperanto) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic fedurþô — fourth.

foresti (Esperanto): to be absent

Definitions

  1. to be absent

Ancestry of “foresti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoforaway, far, gone
2EnglishForth—
3EnglishFourth—
4Middle EnglishfourtheAlternative form of ferthe
5Middle Englishferthefourth; One of four equal parts of a whole; a...
6Old Englishfēorþafourth
7Proto-West Germanicfeurþōfourth
8Proto-Germanicfedurþôfourth

Words derived from “foresti”

  • foresto
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