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Where does “forgon” come from?

forgon (Middle English) comes from Old English forgān — to go away, forgo.

forgon (Middle English): to go by, pass up

Definitions

  1. to go by, pass up

Ancestry of “forgon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishforgānto go away, forgo

Words derived from “forgon”

  • foregoing
  • forego
  • forgo
  • foregone
  • forgoeth
  • forgoer
  • forgoest
Every word from Old English forgān →