Etymograph

English

forgetive

Forgetive comes from English forge ‘to make’.

  1. English1500–presentforge‘to make’
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599forgetive

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentforge‘to make’
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1599forgetive

Earliest quotation: c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.: “A good sherris-sack hath a twofold operation in it.…”

Every English word from English forge

Today it means

adj inventive; productive; capable

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

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