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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forth-

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
forth-
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

forth, forward, away.

Etymology

From Middle English forth-, from Old English forþ- (“forth, forward, further, away, continually”), from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth, forward”), from Proto-Indo-European *prto-. More at forth.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: forth-, forþ-, *forþ, *furþą, *prto-

Questions

What does forth- mean?
forth, forward, away.
Where does forth- come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce forth-

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