English

fordede

Fordede comes from Middle English for-dede.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from for- ‘for’ + deed

Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘before, in front of’

Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’

Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’

English for-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’

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Proto-Germanic *dēdiz

Proto-West Germanic *dādi

Old English dēd ‘deed, act’

Middle English dede

English deed

Every English word from Middle English for-dede

noun A deed done for another, a favour.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.