forspill
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To destroy; ruin; lose.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forspillen inherited from Old English forspillan prefix from English spill.
Origin
English
spill
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antispill English
- overspill English
- prespill English
- spill English
- spillable English
- spillback English
- spiller English
- spillest English
- spilleth English
- spillikin English
- spillover English
- spillproof English
- spillway English
- spilly English
- spilt English
- spilth English
- spillen Dutch, Flemish
- verspillen Dutch, Flemish
- verspilling Dutch, Flemish
- forspillan Old English
- spillan Old English
- forspillen Middle English
- spillen Middle English
- verspilden Middle Dutch
- verspil Afrikaans