English

forgab

Forgab comes from Middle English forgabben ‘to mock’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from for- ‘destructively, harmfully’ + gab

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 *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to gape, be wide open’

Proto-Germanic *gabbōną ‘to joke, to mock’

Old Norse gabb ‘jest, mockery’

Middle English gab

English gab

Every English word from Middle English forgabben

verb To mock; deride; defame; publish the misdeeds of.

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