Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forthfather

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: forth-fa-ther
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English forthfader, forthfeder, from Old English forþfæder (“forefather, ancestor”), equivalent to forth- + father.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: forth
Root: forthfader, forþfæder

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

forthfathers (plural)

Questions

What does forthfather mean?: Forefather.
Where does forthfather come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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