Etymograph

English

forthdraw

Forthdraw comes from Middle English forthdrawen.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forthdrawen
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1596forthdraw

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forthdrawen
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1596forthdraw

Earliest quotation: 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene: Disposed into Twelue Books: “Vpon a day as ſhe him ſate beſide, By…”

Formed from forth- + draw

Proto-Indo-European *prto-

Proto-Germanic *furþą ‘forth, forward’

Proto-West Germanic *forþ ‘forward’

English forth-

Proto-Germanic *draganą ‘to carry’

Proto-West Germanic *dragan ‘to carry’

Old English dragan ‘to drag’

Middle English dragen ‘to drag’

English draw

Every English word from Middle English forthdrawen

Today it means

verb To draw or bring forth.

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

Etymograph / Middle English forthdrawen / forthdraw

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