Etymograph

English

forthgoing

Forthgoing comes from Old English forþgān ‘to go forth, proceed’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *furþa ‘forward’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*furþa‘forward’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150forþgān‘to go forth, proceed’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forthgoing
  4. Englishearliest quotation a. 1847same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*furþa‘forward’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150forþgān‘to go forth, proceed’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500forthgoing
  4. Englishearliest quotation a. 1847same form

Earliest quotation: a. 1847, Thomas Chalmers: “the forthgoing of one Divine personage”.

Formed from forth- + going

Proto-Indo-European *prto-

Proto-Germanic *furþą ‘forth, forward’

Proto-West Germanic *forþ ‘forward’

English forth-

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *furþa

Today it means

noun A going forth or utterance; a proceeding from or out.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *furþa / forthgoing

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