Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forne

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: forne
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The Camel's hous; whiche it is saied that a certain king / In forne yeares, when he had on a Dromedarie Camele escaped the handes of his enemies, builded there."

Etymology

From Middle English, variation of Middle English ferne (“old, long ago, distant, past”), from Old English fyrn (“former, ancient”), from Proto-Germanic *furnaz, *fernaz, *firnijaz (“old, former”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“next, of, out, through”). More at fern.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: -, ferne, fyrn, *furnaz, *per-

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more forne (comparative) most forne (superlative)

Questions

What does forne mean?: Former.
Where does forne come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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