English

forthcast

Forthcast comes from Middle English forthcasten.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from forth- + cast

Proto-Indo-European *prto-

Proto-Germanic *furþą ‘forth, forward’

Proto-West Germanic *forþ ‘forward’

Proto-Germanic *kas- ‘to throw’

Proto-Germanic *kastōną ‘to throw’

Old Norse kasta ‘to throw’

Middle English casten

English cast

Every English word from Middle English forthcasten

verb To cast forth; cast away.

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