Where does “for-” come from?

for- (French) comes from Old French for-, from Latin forīs, from Proto-Italic *foris — door.

for- (French): prefix used to express error, exclusion, or...

Definitions

  1. prefix used to express error, exclusion, or...

Ancestry of “for-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfor-out, from
2Latinforīsdoor
3Proto-Italic*forisdoor

Words derived from “for-”

Every word from Proto-Italic *foris →Every word from Latin forīs →Every word from Old French for- →