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forthward

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
forth-ward
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Forward.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English forthward, forthwardes, from Old English forþweard (“forward, tending forward, continual”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to forth- + -ward. Cognate with Old Saxon forþwerd, forþwerdes, forþwardes (“forthward”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

more forthward (comparative) most forthward (superlative)

Questions

What does forthward mean?
Forward.
Where does forthward come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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