English

Etymology
Old English for-#Old English|for-.

Pronunciation
IPA|/f�:/ (unstressed /f�/)

Prefix
for- no longer productive

1. Meaning from.
2. Meaning against.

Related terms
forbear
forbid
forfend
forswear

See also
fore-

Old English

Etymology
Representing an Indo-European prefix *pro-, *per-, *pr- with a variety of meanings including �rejection, destruction, prohibition�. Cognate with Old Frisian for-, Old Saxon far-, for- (Dutch ver-), Old High German fir-, far- (German ver-), and, outside Germanic, with Ancient Greek polytonic|�ε�ι-, Latin per-, Old Church Slavonic п�е- (Russian пе�е-).

Pronunciation
IPA|/for/

Prefix
for-

1. forming verbs from verbs with various senses especially �away from, abstention, prohibition, perversion, destruction, intensity�

Category:Old English affixes

fr:for-

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