Where does “forth” come from?

forth (Middle English) comes from Old English forþ, from Proto-Germanic furþą, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥to-.

Ancestry of “forth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishforþ"expresses the continuation of an action"; out,...
2Proto-Germanicfurþąforward
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥to-—

Words derived from “forth”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥to- →