English
forgather
Forgather comes from Scots forgather.
- Scotsc. 1450–presentforgather
- Englishearliest quotation 1957same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scotsc. 1450–presentforgather
- Englishearliest quotation 1957same form
Earliest quotation: 1957, Jack Kerouac, New York: “Dean’s California—wild, sweaty, important, the land of lonely and…”
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 *gʰedʰ- ‘to unite, assemble, keep’
Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn ‘to bring together, unite, gather’
Old English gaderian ‘to gather, assemble’
Middle English gaderen ‘to assemble, congregate’
English gather
Every English word from Scots forgather
Today it means
verb To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scots forgather / forgather