English

forfare

Forfare comes from Old English forfaran ‘to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin,…’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *frafaraną.

Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frafaraną‘to perish’reconstructed
Old Englishc. 450–1150forfaran‘to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct’
Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forfaren
Englishtodayforfare

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frafaraną‘to perish’reconstructed
Old Englishc. 450–1150forfaran‘to pass away, perish, lose, destroy, ruin, cause to perish, intercept, obstruct’
Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forfaren
Englishtodayforfare

Formed from for- + fare

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-

Middle English fare

English fare

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *frafaraną

verb To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish.

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