English

forway

Forway comes from Middle English forwayen.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from for- + way

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 *weǵʰ- ‘to bring’

Proto-Germanic *wegaz

Proto-West Germanic *weg ‘way’

Old English weġ

Middle English way

English way

Every English word from Middle English forwayen

verb To go out of the way; go astray; err; make a mistake; sin.

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