English

fordim

Fordim comes from Old English fordimmian ‘to obscure, darken’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from for- + dim

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 *dʰem- ‘to whisk, smoke’

Proto-Germanic *dimmaz ‘dark’

Proto-West Germanic *dimm

Old English dim ‘dim, dark, gloomy’

Middle English dim

English dim

Every English word from Old English fordimmian

verb To dim; darken; obscure.

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