English

forthrow

Forthrow comes from Middle English forthrowen ‘to hurl’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1977, Karen M. Adams: “The two stand endlessly facing one another, "Ahab in…”

Formed from for- + throw

Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘before, in front of’

Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’

Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’

English for-

Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub’

Proto-Germanic *þrēaną ‘to twist’

Proto-West Germanic *þrāan ‘to twist’

Old English þrāwan ‘to turn’

Middle English throwen ‘to throw’

English throw

Every English word from Middle English forthrowen

verb To throw off; cast off; reject.

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