English
forthbear
Forthbear comes from Middle English forthberen.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forthberen
- Englishtodayforthbear
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forthberen
- Englishtodayforthbear
The story
The Middle English word is alternatively a calque of Latin prōferre.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, prefer, broad, suffering, birth, bread, burden, differently, barrel, fury, breeze, fortune, barn, bore, baron, bark, differentiation, indifferent, broom, fret, barrow, embargo, infertility, ferret, deference, berth, insufferable, infertile, differentially, bier, deferential, differentiable, furtive, proffer, bahar, birr, differentiator, bairn, burnish, barrette, 114 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
different, offer, difference, reference, transfer, relative, suffer, translation, relation, relate, extraordinary, differ, referendum, frustration, translate, referee, strangely, fertility, fertile, phosphate, extravagant, defer, confer, infer, phosphorus, euphoria, frustrate, elated, fertilization, infra, extraneous, ablation, elation, strangeness, collation, fertilize, dilate, collate, dysphoria, semaphore, 107 more
through Proto-Germanic *beraną ‘to carry, to bear’
through Old English beran ‘to carry, bear, hold’
Today it means
verb To bear or carry forth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English forthberen / forthbear