English

forswart

Forswart comes from Middle English forswarten.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from for- + swart

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 *swerd- ‘dark, black’

Proto-Germanic *swartaz ‘black’

Proto-West Germanic *swart ‘black’

Old English sweart ‘black’

Middle English swart ‘Dark, oppressive, blackened’

English swart

Every English word from Middle English forswarten

verb To blacken; make or become swart or swarthy; sunburn.

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