forspan
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To entice; seduce.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forspannen inherited from Old English forspanan (mislead, entice, seduce, lead astray) inherited from Proto-Germanic *farspananą prefix from English span (pair of horses, the distance between two ends of a thing, non-gloss definition).
Origin
English
span
Gloss
pair of horses, the distance between two ends of a thing, non-gloss definition
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- clearspan English
- cospan English
- endspan English
- handspan English
- healthspan English
- inspan English
- legspan English
- lifespan English
- linkspan English
- mainspan English
- makespan English
- midspan English
- outspan English
- overspan English
- span English
- spanless English
- spannable English
- spanner English
- spanwise English
- spanworm English
- subspan English
- supraspan English
- tetraspan English
- timespan English
- widespan English
- wingspan English
- yepsen English
- *farspananą Proto-Germanic
- forspanan Old English
- forspannen Middle English
- spanne Middle English
- palmspan Old Norse