English
forspread
Forspread comes from Middle English forspreden.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forspreden
- Englishearliest quotation 1898forspread
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forspreden
- Englishearliest quotation 1898forspread
Earliest quotation: 1898, Omar Khayyam, John Payne: “Or ever with me the maw of the sepulchre…”
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-Germanic *sprīþaną ‘to break up, become scattered’
Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną ‘to spread’
Proto-West Germanic *spraidijan
Old English sprǣdan ‘to spread, expand’
Middle English spreden ‘to spread’
English spread
Every English word from Middle English forspreden
Today it means
verb To spread; extend.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English forspreden / forspread