From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognates include Dutch voort and German fort. See also ford.
Meanings
(obsolete) Forth from; out of.
Some forth their cabins peepe. a. 1631, John Donne, The Storme:
forth en · ADV · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/foəθ/ (Eastern-New-England)
/foːθ/ Manchester, Wales without the horse–hoarse merger
From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognates include Dutch voort and German fort. See also ford.
Meanings
(archaic, formal, not-comparable) Forward in time, place or degree.
From this time forth, I never will speak word. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 159:
say forth 1709-1725, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation in England
“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
(archaic, formal, not-comparable) Out into view; from a particular place or position.
The robbers leapt forth from their place of concealment.
A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: […] 1949, Joseph Campbell, “The Hero and the God”, in The Hero with a Thousand Faces:
The plants in spring put forth leaves.
(not-comparable, obsolete) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
At the clashing of the cymbals the King sprang at Goldry as the panther springeth, and with the rush bare him backward and well nigh forth of the wrastling ground. 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 24:
I have no mind of feasting forth to-night. c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
bg на показ (out into view) · nl tevoorschijn (out into view) · nl voort (out into view) · fi eteenpäin (forward in time, place or degree) · uk впере́д (forward in time, place or degree) · pl naprzód (forward in time, place or degree) · eo antaŭen (forward in time, place or degree) · fi esiin (out into view) · ru вперёд (forward in time, place or degree) · uk да́лі (forward in time, place or degree) · nl voort (forward in time, place or degree) · bg нататък (forward in time, place or degree) · bg напред (forward in time, place or degree) · ca envant (forward in time, place or degree) · ka წინ (forward in time, place or degree) · nl voorwaarts (forward in time, place or degree) · ru впредь (forward in time, place or degree)
forth en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/foəθ/ (Eastern-New-England)
/foːθ/ Manchester, Wales without the horse–hoarse merger