English

forthpass

Forthpass comes from Middle English forthpassen.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from forth- + pass

Proto-Indo-European *prto-

Proto-Germanic *furþą ‘forth, forward’

Proto-West Germanic *forþ ‘forward’

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to spread, stretch out’

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Latin passus ‘a step’

Vulgar Latin *passō ‘to step, walk, pass’

Old French passer ‘to step, walk, pass’

Middle English passen ‘to pass’

English pass

Every English word from Middle English forthpassen

verb To pass forth; go; proceed; pass on.

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