English
go forth
Go forth comes from Middle English gon forth.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gon forth
- Englishearliest quotation 1907go forth
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gon forth
- Englishearliest quotation 1907go forth
Earliest quotation: 1907, Robert William Chambers, New York: “I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels…”
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- ‘to leave’
Proto-Germanic *gāną ‘to go’
Proto-West Germanic *gān ‘to go’
Old English gān ‘to go’
Middle English gon
English go
Every English word from Middle English gon forth
Today it means
verb To move oneself forward or onward
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English gon forth / go forth