fordo
English
/fɔːˈduː/
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To kill, destroy.
- (obsolete) To annul, abolish, cancel.
- (archaic) To do away with, undo; to ruin.
- (archaic) To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fordon inherited from Old English fordōn (destroy, seduce, corrupt, abolish, undo, defile, kill, ruin, bring to naught) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fardōną pre from English do (hairdo).
Origin
English
do
Gloss
hairdo
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedo English
- deed English
- do English
- do-badder English
- do-rag English
- doability English
- doable English
- doer English
- does English
- doest English
- doeth English
- dogoodery English
- don't English
- done English
- dost English
- doïng English
- fordone English
- fulldo English
- hairdo English
- misdo English
- outdo English
- overdo English
- redo English
- to-do English
- underdo English
- undo English
- updo English
- wrongdo English
- tun German
- vertun German
- doen Dutch, Flemish
- verdoen Dutch, Flemish
- *fardōną Proto-Germanic
- *fradōnaz Proto-Germanic
- *fradōną Proto-Germanic
- fordōn Old English
- don Middle English
- fordon Middle English
- โด Thai