Etymograph

English

withgo

Withgo comes from Middle English withgon ‘to be in opposition to, vanish’, from Old English gān ‘to go’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- ‘to leave’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰeh₁-‘to leave’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gāną‘to go, walk’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gān‘to go’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150gān‘to go’
  5. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150wiþgān‘to go against, oppose, pass away, vanish, disappear’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500withgon‘to be in opposition to, vanish’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1895withgo

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰeh₁-‘to leave’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gāną‘to go, walk’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gān‘to go’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150gān‘to go’
  5. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150wiþgān‘to go against, oppose, pass away, vanish, disappear’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500withgon‘to be in opposition to, vanish’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1895withgo

Earliest quotation: 1895, Aroda Reym: “[...] In the name of all that is dear…”

Formed from with- + go

Proto-Germanic *wiþi- ‘counter-, anti-, gain-, with-’

Proto-West Germanic *wiþi- ‘counter-, anti-, gain-, with-’

English with-

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

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- ‘to leave’

heritage, heir, hereditary, inherit, heredity, 19 more

through Old English gān ‘to go’

go, gone, forego, 2 more

Today it means

verb To go against; oppose; transgress.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁- / withgo

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