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fortread

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fortread
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tread down; tread underfoot; trample upon; crush; destroy by trampling.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English fortreden, from Old English fortredan (“to tread down, trample on”), from Proto-Germanic *fratredaną, *fratrudaną (“to trample”), equivalent to for- + tread. Compare Saterland Frisian fertreede, Dutch vertreden (“to trample”), German Low German vertreden, German vertreten ("to represent"; < Old High German firtretan (“to trample”)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Prefix: for
  • Root: fortreden, fortredan, *fratredaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

fortreads (present, singular) fortreading (participle, present) fortrod (past) fortrodden (participle, past)

Questions

What does fortread mean?
To tread down; tread underfoot; trample upon; crush; destroy by trampling.
Where does fortread come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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