forfare
English
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish.
- (transitive) To destroy; ruin.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forfaren inherited from Old English forfaran (cause to perish, destroy, ruin, perish, lose, intercept, pass away, obstruct) inherited from Proto-Germanic *frafaraną prefix from English fare (travel, journey, departure, fare).
Origin
English
fare
Gloss
travel, journey, departure, fare
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
旅
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cheesefare English
- afare English
- airfare English
- busfare English
- carfare English
- eelfare English
- evilfare English
- fare English
- farebeater English
- farebox English
- farecard English
- faregate English
- farepayer English
- farer English
- farest English
- fareth English
- farewell English
- fareworthy English
- farrand English
- femto- English
- firk English
- forfairn English
- forthfare English
- hellfare English
- homefare English
- illfare English
- misfare English
- multifare English
- overfare English
- railfare English
- seafare English
- taxifare English
- thoroughfare English
- warfare English
- welfare English
- woefare English
- fahren German
- verfahren German
- *frafaraną Proto-Germanic
- faran Old English
- forfaran Old English
- fare Middle English
- forfaren Middle English
- firfaran Old High German
- vervarn Middle High German
- farfaran Old Dutch
- *p(i/u)r, *bjar Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- fare
- firk
- afare
- farer
- fareth
- farest
- femto-
- misfare
- illfare
- farrand
- eelfare
- farebox
- warfare
- seafare
- busfare
- carfare
- woefare
- airfare
- welfare
- faregate
- hellfare
- homefare
- evilfare
- farecard
- railfare
- taxifare
- farewell
- forfairn
- overfare
- farepayer
- multifare
- forthfare
- farebeater
- fareworthy
- Cheesefare
- thoroughfare