Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

for to

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.87 in modern English

Syllables: for -to
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

conj

Elaboration of to.

conj

Elaboration of to.

Example Sentences

"What went ye out for to see?"
"Farewell! Farewell! / Farewell, my fairy fay! / Oh, I'm off to Louisiana / For to see my Susy Anna, / Singing, "Polly-wolly-doodle" all the day!"
"“Mr. Woilde, we ‘ave come for tew take yew Where felons and criminals dwell: We must ask yew tew leave with us quoietly^([sic]) For this is the Cadogan Hotel.”"
"All that I need for to be satisfied is a woman who's nothing like me"
"It does me good fur to look at you, Pip."
"In the desert you can remember your name, / 'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain"

Etymology

for + to, compare Scots for tae, Danish for at, Norwegian for å, Swedish för att.

Questions

What does for to mean?: Elaboration of to.
Where does for to come from?: for + to, compare Scots for tae, Danish for at, Norwegian for å, Swedish för att.

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