Old English

gān

‘to go’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Old English gān.

6 English words in this record descend from Old English gān, most familiar first.

• go ← gon
• gone ← gon
• forego ← forgan ← foregān
• overgo ← overgon ← ofergān
• thoroughgo ← thurhgon ← þurhgān
• withgo ← withgon ← wiþgān

Etymograph / Old English gān