verb · irregular · intransitive

forthgo

forthgo · forthgoes · forthwent · forthgone · forthgoing

To go forth; proceedTo go forth; proceed.

Origin

From Middle English forthgon, forthgan, from Old English forþgān (“to go forth, advance, p

From Middle English forthgon, forthgan, from Old English forþgān (“to go forth, advance, proceed, pass by, go away, go on, precede, succeed”), from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to forth- + go. Cognate with Dutch voortgaan (“to continue, proceed, go ahead”), German fortgehen (“to go away, leave, depart, blin”), Swedish fortgå (“to continue, go on, proceed”).

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Forms

forthgoes, forthgoing, forthwent, forthgone

Base form	forthgo · to forthgo
3rd person singular	forthgoes
Present participle	forthgoing
Past simple	forthwent
Past participle	forthgone

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	forthgo
he, she, it	forthgoes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

forthwent

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have forthgone
he, she, it	has forthgone

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will forthgo

Word family

1 related words

Derivedforthgoing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle