forworth
English
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To perish, forfare; come to nought or ruin; go wrong.
- (intransitive) To degenerate (into); become (something inferior); come to.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forworthen inherited from Old English forweorþan (pass away, vanish, perish, deteriorate, sicken) inherited from Proto-Germanic *frawerþaną (perish, come to ruin) prefix from English worth (become, worthy, happen, turn into, honorable).
Origin
English
worth
Gloss
become, worthy, happen, turn into, honorable
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Cognates and derived terms
- beword English
- dearworth English
- farthingsworth English
- groatsworth English
- moneyworth English
- outworth English
- pennyworth English
- quidsworth English
- self-worth English
- shillingsworth English
- unworth English
- worship English
- worth English
- worthen English
- worthful English
- worthless English
- worthly English
- worthwhile English
- worthy English
- verworden Dutch, Flemish
- worden Dutch, Flemish
- *frawerþaną Proto-Germanic
- forweorþan Old English
- weorþan Old English
- forworthen Middle English
- worth Middle English
- verwerden Middle Dutch
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *farwerthan Old Dutch
- farwerthan Old Dutch
- farwerthan Old Saxon